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Effects of Animal Assisted Therapy on Patients With Severe Disorders of Consciousness

NCT02629302 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-05-17

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Summary

The study investigates the effects of animal-assisted therapy on patients with severe disorders of consciousness. The focus lies on 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 10 patients during 16 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 in a minimal conscious state are recruited.

Conditions

  • Disorder of Consciousness

Interventions

OTHER

animal assisted therapy

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

OTHER

standard therapy

standard physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on the Human-Pet Relationship

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rehab Basel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karin Hediger · Rehab Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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