Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Residential Treatment of Schizophrenia and Addictions

NCT05103865 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AAT S&A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the efectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with substance abuse disorder and associated mental disorders (dual pathology).

Conditions

Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

Keywords

Animal-assisted therapy; everyday life skills; schizophrenia; residential treatment; dual pathology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• The Life Skills Profile questionnaire (LSP)

  This questionnaire evaluates aspects of functioning that affect daily activities and the adaptation of people with mental illnesses in the community. It contains 39 items that are grouped into self-care, social-interpersonal behaviour, communication-social contact, non-personal social behaviour and autonomous life

  Change from Life Skills at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes)

• Barrat impulsiveness scale (BIS-11)

  This instrument is composed of 30 items distributed into three sub-scales: nonplanning, motor and attentional. The total impulsiveness score was also obtained.

  Change from impulsiveness at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes)

• Calgary Depresión Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS)

  El cuestionario es un intrumento estructurado, adminisitrado por un clínico de forma heteroaplicada para población adulta, con un tiempo aproximado de administración de entre 10 y 30 minutos, y aborada el área terapéutica relativa a la sintomatología de los trastornos depresivos.

  Change from Depresión at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes)

• Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

  The questionnaire consists of 10 statements of the feelings that the person has about himself. Five of the statements are addressed positively (items 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7) and 5 negatively (items 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10).

  Change from self.-esteem at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes)

• Positive and negative symptom scale (PANSS)

  It is a semi-structured and hetero-applied questionnaire for the adult population. The application time is between 30-60 minutes and evaluates the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

  Change from Positive and negative symptom at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes)

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group (EG)

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT)

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: usual treatment

Interventions

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) BEHAVIORAL

Also known as: ATT

Experimental group (EG)

usual treatment OTHER

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Meeting DSM-5 criteria for substance abuse disorder and the presence of schizophrenia
• Voluntary participant in the study and having signed the informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Patients whose functioning could be altered by factors not specifically related to addictive pathology or mental disorder (severe cognitive impairment, intellectual deficiency or language barrier)
• Animal-specific phobia

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Miguel Monfort Montolio: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Disease; Schizophrenia

Interventions

Animal Assisted Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Sponsor-investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 20, 2021
• First Posted: November 2, 2021
• Study Start: November 3, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 20, 2019
• Study Completion: September 10, 2019
• Last Updated: November 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10