Efficacy of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Addictions.

NCT05115266 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: AAT BPD&A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• 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 effectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and substance abuse disorder. Our hypotheses are that participation in the TAA program will reduce negative symptoms, improve the quality of life of people with dual pathology, whose mental illness is schizophrenia, and increase adherence to treatment for people with dual pathology, whose mental disorder it's schizophrenia.

Conditions

Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)

Keywords

Animal-assisted therapy; Borderline personality disorder; substance abuse; Dual pathology; Residential treatment

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 behavior 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)

  The questionnaire is a structured instrument, administered by a clinician in a hetero-applied way for the adult population, with an approximate administration time of between 10 and 30 minutes, and covers the therapeutic area related to the symptoms of depressive disorders.

  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

Receive animal-assisted therapy and usual treatment (ATT)

Behavioral: Animal-assisted therapy (AAT

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Receive usual treatment

Behavioral: Usual treatment

Interventions

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT BEHAVIORAL

The activity program consists of 10 sessions with a duration of about 60 minutes. During the 10 sessions the animal is presented, in this case a dog. They caress it, dress it, educate it ...

Also known as: ATT

Experimental group (EG)

Usual treatment BEHAVIORAL

receive usual treatment (group activities)

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 borderline personality disorder.
• 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; Borderline Personality Disorder; Substance-Related Disorders

Interventions

Animal Assisted Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Personality Disorders; Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced 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: Miguel Monfort Montolio, member of the TXP research group at Cardenal Herrera University

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 30, 2021
• First Posted: November 10, 2021
• Study Start: April 30, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2025
• Last Updated: November 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10