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AAI in Elderly Patient With Chronic Pain

NCT04079985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2019-09-06

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Summary

BACKGROUND: Nowadays, there is a progressive aging of population. Chronic osteoarticular pain is associated to a bigger consumption of medication and a deterioration of life quality in elderly people that could be improved by boosting education for health from Primary Health Care. JUSTIFICATION: The need to develop non pharmacological treatments in order to get better results in people's global care. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectivity of group intervention, based on Animal Assisted Therapy, on elderly people suffering from chronic osteoarticular pain and poli-medication; regarding decrease of chronic pain, use of analgesics and improvement of life quality. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Randomized clinical trial, two arms, controlled and open-label. Twelve group sessions of kinesiotherapy with the intervention of a therapy dog in the experimental group (EG), carried out in the Primary Health Centre.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Animal-assisted therapy

The sessions were held in the primary care centre, and had specific objectives agreed in advance by the research team. The sessions had the following schedule: Session 1, lower extremities in sitting position; Session 2, upper extremities in sitting position; Session 3, cervical spine in sitting position; Session 4, dorsal spine in sitting position; Session 5, lumbar spine in sitting position; Session 6, Static Standing and Upper Extremities; Session 7, Static Standing; Sessions 8, 9, 10 and 11, Dynamic Standing; and Session 12, Safety Reinforcement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marta Ortega Bravo, PhD · IDIAPJgol

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-01
Primary Completion
2014-06-01
Completion
2014-10-01

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