Evaluation of an Animal Assisted Therapy Program in People With Mental Illness, and Promotion of Positive Mental Health

NCT05004298 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: IIBSP-TAA-2020-122
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Scientific literature reports that focusing interventions on people with mental health problems, from the threshold of Positive Mental Health, is effective and allows the person to promote positive mental health behaviors. The well-known Animal Assisted Therapy is a complementary intervention used for decades that has reported scientific evidence in the field of mental health in communication, socialization, anxiety and adherence to treatment of patients. This protocol aims to create and evaluate an Assisted Therapy program with dogs in relation to the development and promotion of Positive Mental Health behaviors in people with mental illness in a community rehabilitation service.

Conditions

Mental Disorders, Severe

Keywords

Positive Mental Health; Mental Illness,; Animal Assisted Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Positive Mental Health Questionnaire Lluch (39-156points)

  Evaluate the effectiveness of the Animal Assisted Therapy Program

  Data collection will be done using an ad hoc form and the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire Lluch (1999). There is an interval of ten weeks between the pretest and posttest collection.

Study Arms (2)

Animal assisted terapy

EXPERIMENTAL

The Experimental Group, in addition to receiving the usual activities of the rehabilitation device. You will receive the ten weekly sessions of the TAA Program.The program structure will aim to influence the 6 specific factors, described in the Multifactorial Model of Positive Mental Health of Dr. Lluch, which are: F1-Personal Satisfaction, F2-Prosocial Attitude, F3-Self-control, F4-Autonomy, F5- Problem Solving and Self-actualization and F6 Interpersonal Relationship Skills. For this reason, direct contact exercises with the dog will be designed and defined to work on them.

Other: Animal Assited therapy

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The Control Group will receive the usual activities of the rehabilitation device.

Interventions

Animal Assited therapy OTHER

The intervention will be structured in 10 group sessions, with a weekly frequency and one hour duration.

Animal assisted terapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• People diagnosed with a mental disorder
• Presence of social dysfunction
• Over 18 years
• Voluntary acceptance to the study

You may not qualify if:

• Allergies to dogs
• Phobia of dogs
• History of animal abuse
• People whose cognitive capacity does not allow them to follow the sessions of the intervention program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospital De la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, 08025, Spain

Location

Related Publications (26)

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  RESULT

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  RESULT

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  RESULT

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  RESULT

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  RESULT

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  PMID: 30653587 RESULT

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  PMID: 25701449 RESULT

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Judith Balaguer

  Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2021
• First Posted: August 13, 2021
• Study Start: October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2024
• Study Completion: September 1, 2024
• Last Updated: November 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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