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Efficacy of Animal Assisted Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT05217030 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2022-02-22

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Summary

Patients admitted to the ED with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury defined by GCS less than or equal to 10 and confirmed by head CT scan or MRI were randomized into 2 groups: one receiving animal assisted therapy (AAT) and one not receiving animal assisted therapy. Efficacy of AAT was measured by patient's progression in the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS), and ability to follow multi-step commands (LoCmds).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Animal assisted therapy

Patients in AAT group had handler place dog on bed and patient's hand was placed on dog. Bedside RN measured GCS, RLAS, LoCmds before and after intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inova Health Care Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leslie Horton, RN, MBA, CCRN · Inova Health Systems

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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