YATEP - The Impact of Horse Assisted Therapy (HAT) on Treatment Outcomes

NCT01795755 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HAT-11-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to assess the impact of horse assisted therapy (HAT) on:

• Addiction treatment outcomes (its effectiveness as an alternative therapy)
• Addiction treatment dropout \& addiction relapse (its efficacy in preventing dropout). Hypothesis: HAT will correlate with:
• beneficial treatment outcomes of depression, anxiety, aggression
• with improved self esteem \& motivation
• lower treatment dropout \& addiction relapse.

Conditions

Addiction

Keywords

Horse Assisted Therapy (HAT); Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP); clinical trial; Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT); psychotherapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Lower treatment dropout

  Reason for treatment exit, including drop out, is obtained from data recorded in the Department's YATEP data base.

  Within treatment period of upto 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Lower emotional distress (composite measure)

  Within the treatment period of upto 3 months

• Improved self-esteem

  Winthin the treatment period of upto 3 months

Study Arms (2)

Treat as usual + Horse assisted therapy ( HAT)

EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment as usual means mentalization based inpatient treatment. Horse assisted therapy(HAT) is a structured program of 12 X 90 minute sessions (horse care, ground and mounted work) conducted by two clinically qualified therapists.

Behavioral: Mentalization based inpatient treatment.; Behavioral: Horse assisted Therapy (HAT)

Treatment as usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual means mentalization based inpatient treatment.

Behavioral: Mentalization based inpatient treatment.

Interventions

Mentalization based inpatient treatment. BEHAVIORAL

1-3 month of inpatient treatment

Treat as usual + Horse assisted therapy ( HAT); Treatment as usual

Horse assisted Therapy (HAT) BEHAVIORAL

A structured program of 12 X 90 minute HAT sessions (horse care, ground and mounted work) conducted by two clinically qualified therapists who are also Level I Riding Instructors.

Treat as usual + Horse assisted therapy ( HAT)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 26 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Primary diagnosis of addictionInternational Classification of Diseases ICD F10-F19, admitted in 2011-2014 for treatment at AUA's in-patient unit

You may not qualify if:

• Ongoing psychoses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oslo University Hospital: lead
• Swedish-Norwegian Foundation for Equine Research: collaborator
• The Research Council of Norway: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of addiction treatment - youth

Oslo, 0514, Norway

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Gatti F, Walderhaug E, Kern-Godal A, Lysell J, Arnevik EA. Complementary horse-assisted therapy for substance use disorders: a randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 Feb 4;15(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13722-020-0183-z.

  PMID: 32019584 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior, Addictive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Espen KA Arnevik, PhD

  Oslo University Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2012
• First Posted: February 21, 2013
• Study Start: January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: October 8, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-10

Locations

NO (1)