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Effects of Animal-assisted Therapy on Brain-injured Patients

NCT02599766 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2019-07-01

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Summary

The purpose is to investigate whether animal-assisted therapy has positive biopsychosocial effects on patients with brain injuries. This study investigates the short-term biopsychosocial effects that occur when animals are present during therapy sessions in comparison to therapy sessions without animals, observing a group of 25 patients over 24 therapy sessions. While half of the sessions are held in presence of an animal and half without, they are as comparable as possible with respect to content and setting. In this study, patients who are in a slightly advanced rehabilitation process, assessed via their function profile, are investigated.

Conditions

  • Impaired Social Functioning

Interventions

OTHER

animal assisted therapy

physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy in the presence of an animal

OTHER

standard therapy

standard physiotherapy, standard speech therapy and standard occupational therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on the Human-Pet Relationship

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margret Hund-Georgiadis, PD Dr. · Rehab Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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