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Companion Dog & Loneliness in Elderly Persons

NCT04032340 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2019-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Elderly may have problems to create personal connections or to have physical activities in their day- to - day life; loneliness and social isolation may increase fragility in this population. Companion dog presence favours social relations, affective feelings and physical exercises. On the other hand dog presence raises risk of falling and has a cost for its owner. This project seeks to assess positive impacts of companion dog presence in elderly living at home. This transdisciplinar study (general practionners, veterinarians, dog instructors, nurses, researchers) evaluates loneliness and social isolation between elderly with or without a companion dog at home.

Objective:To Evaluate the link between companion dog presence and loneliness in elderly persons living at home Method: An Observational, multicentric, transversal, national, comparative study (elderly with companion dog vs elderly without a dog). 200 subjects needed

Conditions

  • Elderly
  • Companion Dog
  • Home Based
  • Loneliness

Interventions

OTHER

dog presence

This project seeks to assess positive impacts of companion dog presence in elderly living at home ; to assess loneliness and isolement between eldlery with a companion dog and without, at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondation MUTAC

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • FLORENCE CANOUI-POITRINE, MD-PHD · APHP CHU HENRI MONDOR

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-31
Primary Completion
2022-01-31
Completion
2022-01-31

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