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Optimal Dog Visits

NCT04635124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 186

Last updated 2020-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this project is to study how an the intensity of dog contact during dog visits in nursing homes can affect the immediate response to, and the general effect of the visits, and whether the residents' level of cognitive impairment affects the response and benefit of dog visits.

The participants are randomly assigned to receive one type of visits (12 visits in total) out of three possible visit types (1: visit with a dog; 2: visit with a dog, including a planned activity, 3 visit without a dog, including a planned activity). The residents received 2 visits per week for 6 weeks. The behaviour of the participants during visits is recorded. Before and after the intervention period, participants are scores on psychometric scales for cognitive impairment level, daily function level and symptoms of depression.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dog visit

An visitor visits the participant with a dog

BEHAVIORAL

Encourage to engage in activity

In each visit the visitor invites the participant to engage in an activitty

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Thodberg · University of Aarhus

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-01
Primary Completion
2017-11-01
Completion
2017-11-01

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