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Animal-Assisted Therapy for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

NCT00391456 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2016-06-03

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Summary

Effects of complementary therapies on heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization, are unknown. Animal-assisted therapy improves physiological and psychosocial variables in healthy and hypertensive subjects.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 12-minute hospital visit with a therapy dog improves hemodynamics, lowers neurohormone levels, and decreases state anxiety in patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Animal-assisted Therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kathie Cole, RN, MSN · University of California, Los Angeles

  • Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc · UCLA Medical Center & School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-11-30
Completion
2004-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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