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Evaluation of an Animal Assisted Therapy Program in People With Mental Illness, and Promotion of Positive Mental Health

NCT05004298 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-11-18

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Summary

Scientific literature reports that focusing interventions on people with mental health problems, from the threshold of Positive Mental Health, is effective and allows the person to promote positive mental health behaviors. The well-known Animal Assisted Therapy is a complementary intervention used for decades that has reported scientific evidence in the field of mental health in communication, socialization, anxiety and adherence to treatment of patients.

This protocol aims to create and evaluate an Assisted Therapy program with dogs in relation to the development and promotion of Positive Mental Health behaviors in people with mental illness in a community rehabilitation service.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders, Severe

Interventions

OTHER

Animal Assited therapy

The intervention will be structured in 10 group sessions, with a weekly frequency and one hour duration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judith Balaguer · Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-01
Primary Completion
2024-06-15
Completion
2024-09-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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