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The Effect of a Therapy Dog Activity on Employees' Stress, Mood, and Job Satisfaction and Commitment

NCT03849144 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2024-10-15

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Summary

The goal of the current study is to determine if participating in a therapy dog activity is associated with changes in perceived stress, mood, and job satisfaction and commitment. A secondary goal is to explore a potential dose effect of multiple treatments as well as control for novelty effect.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Mood
  • Job Satisfaction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Therapy dog activity

Visiting therapy dogs and their owners, evaluated and registered as therapy dog teams with Pet Partners will be spread around a large room on the Aetna campus. Employees will arrive at scheduled times to visit with the dogs for 15 minutes, talking to the dogs and owners and petting the dogs

BEHAVIORAL

Low impact exercise

The low impact exercise will consist of stretching exercises conducted by a member of Aetna's wellness team in the same room for 15 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pet Partners

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Aetna, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sandra Barker, PhD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-15
Primary Completion
2019-05-10
Completion
2019-07-12

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