Animal-assisted Therapy Improves Cognitive and Emotion in Nursing Home Residents

NCT06722144 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024-02-014C
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

More than 80% of the residents of the investigator's nursing home are dementia, who are often mentally and emotionally unstable. The staff need to spend time helping to eliminate problems. The investigator assume that non-drug intervention measures can be added, such as the Animal-assisted Therapy (AAT). The hypothesis for ATT is expected to improve the mental and emotional inappropriate manifestations of dementia, reduce interfering behaviors, improve the quality of life, reduce the use of inappropriate mental drugs, and expect residents to delay the degradation of physiological functions.

Conditions

Supportive Care; Treatment; Prevention

Keywords

behavioral and psychological symptoms; animal assisted therapy; cognition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Short Portable mental state questionnaire (SPMSQ)

  This scale was adopted in this study to assess the participants' cognitive functions.

  The experimental and control groups were subjected to a pre-test after they were recruited. There are 12 times AAT, once a week.The AAT did in experimental group,then both groups, there are three post-tests were taken 8th、12th and 16th weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15)

  The experimental and control groups were subjected to a pre-test after they were recruited. There are 12 times AAT, once a week.The AAT did in experimental group,then both groups, there are three post-tests were taken 8th、12th and 16th weeks.

• The Barthel Index

  The experimental and control groups were subjected to a pre-test after they were recruited. There are 12 times AAT, once a week.The AAT did in experimental group,then both groups, there are three post-tests were taken 8th、12th and 16th weeks.

• The Brief Symptom Rating Scale(BSRS-5)

  The experimental and control groups were subjected to a pre-test after they were recruited. There are 12 times AAT, once a week.The AAT did in experimental group,then both groups, there are three post-tests were taken 8th、12th and 16th weeks.

Study Arms (4)

emotion status

EXPERIMENTAL

Geriatric Depression Scale and Short Form Health Scale(GDS-15)

Behavioral: Animal-assisted Therapy

cognition status

EXPERIMENTAL

Short Portable mental state questionnaire(SPMSQ)

Behavioral: Animal-assisted Therapy

feeling healthy

EXPERIMENTAL

Brief Symptom Rating Scale(BSRS-5)

Behavioral: Animal-assisted Therapy

activities of daily living status

EXPERIMENTAL

Barthel index scale

Behavioral: Animal-assisted Therapy

Interventions

Animal-assisted Therapy BEHAVIORAL

By the professor leader makes social interaction, and helping residents with rehabilitation through the Doctor dogs.

Also known as: pet therapy, the doctor dog

activities of daily living status; cognition status; emotion status; feeling healthy

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Residents of long-term care homes
• No fear or allergy to dogs
• Wheelchair accessible persons
• Able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese
• Agree to sign the subject consent form

You may not qualify if:

• Non-residents of nursing homes
• Fear and allergy to dogs
• Bedridden and wheelchair users
• Do not agree to sign the subject consent form

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Lai NM, Chang SMW, Ng SS, Tan SL, Chaiyakunapruk N, Stanaway F. Animal-assisted therapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Nov 25;2019(11):CD013243. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013243.pub2.

  PMID: 31763689 RESULT

• Chen H, Wang Y, Zhang M, Wang N, Li Y, Liu Y. Effects of animal-assisted therapy on patients with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Aug;314:114619. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114619. Epub 2022 May 10.

  PMID: 35623240 RESULT

Related Links

• Animal-Assisted Therapy used in psychiatric symptoms and dementia patinets.
• Functional Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Schizophrenia.
• Animal-assisted therapy for dementia
• Effects of animal-assisted therapy on patients with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Interventions

Animal Assisted Therapy

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 Officials

• Su-Jen Wang

  Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: There are blinding of participants and their family.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Nursing home residents were dementia and older.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2024
• First Posted: December 9, 2024
• Study Start: March 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 10, 2024
• Study Completion: November 20, 2024
• Last Updated: December 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)