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Animal Assisted Activities on the Stress and Social Anxiety

NCT04845100 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2021-04-20

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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the effects of animal-assisted activities on the stress and social anxiety levels of physically disabled children.

Method: The research was carried out in two separate Special Education and Rehabilitation Centers providing education under the Antalya Provincial Directorate of National Education. The data of the study were obtained between November 2019-September 2020. The study is a single blind randomized controlled study designed in a pretest, posttest and follow-up design. The study was carried out in two different institutions to prevent contamination. Institutions are determined by an independent lottery method. The sample of the study consisted of 44 physically disabled children between the ages of 8-11, as the intervention group (n: 21) and the control group (n: 23). A 45-60 minute structured animal supported activity program (HayDAP) was applied to the intervention group, once a week for 7 weeks. Interviews were conducted individually. The data of the study were obtained using Personal Information Form (KBF), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Social Anxiety Scale for Children. Follow-up evaluation was made at the end of the 1st month following the completion of the application. There was no intervention in the control group. The data were analyzed using the Pearson Ki-Square Test in SPSS 23.0 package program, Fisher's Exact Test if large, Shapiro-Wilks Test, Box M, Bonferroni and mixed pattern ANOVA tests. A 95% significance level (or α = 0.05 margin of error) was used to determine the differences in the analyzes.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Disabling Disease
  • Animal Communication
  • Nursing Caries
  • Child

Interventions

OTHER

Animal Assisted Activity Program

Animal Assisted Activity Program (HayDAP) 1. st week (Pre-test, introduction-introduction) 2. nd week (Information about cats) 3. th (Cat story reading) 4. th week (Teaching songs, poems, rhymes about cat) 5. th week (Making / decorating a cat house) 6. th week (Participation in the rehabilitation program with the treatment animal) 7. th week (Evaluation and closing, last test)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Şeyma Demiralay

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • İlkay KESER, Ass. Prof. · Akdeniz University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-15
Primary Completion
2020-11-15
Completion
2020-11-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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