Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs
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interventional
56
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2009
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 17, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 2, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 2, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 31, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 1, 2017
CompletedSeptember 5, 2017
September 1, 2017
4.8 years
August 31, 2017
September 1, 2017
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Total costs
Health care costs, cost of informal care, municipal costs
Three months follow-up
Health related quality of life, EQ-5D
EQ-5D is a generic quality of life instrument including five dimensions
Tree months follow-up
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Cost-effectiveness
Life time perspective
Health related quality of life, RAND-36
Three months follow-up
WHO-5 wellbeing index
Three months follow-up
Rosenberg self-esteem scale
Three month follow-up
EQ-VAS
Three months follow-up
Study Arms (1)
Service dogs
OTHERSingle arm study using a before after design where Before represent having a regular companion dog and after represent having a certified service dog
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age over 16 years
- Having a regular companion dog
- Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)
You may not qualify if:
- Psychiatric illness
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Lundqvist M, Levin LA, Roback K, Alwin J. The impact of service and hearing dogs on health-related quality of life and activity level: a Swedish longitudinal intervention study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jun 27;18(1):497. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3014-0.
PMID: 29945630DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Lars-Åke Levin, Professor
Linkoeping University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER GOV
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 31, 2017
First Posted
September 1, 2017
Study Start
September 17, 2009
Primary Completion
July 2, 2014
Study Completion
July 2, 2014
Last Updated
September 5, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share