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Horse-assisted Intervention, Heart Rate Variability & Stress

NCT05703165 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2025-09-29

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Summary

In this study, the effects of an animal-assisted intervention on people with increased stress levels are investigated. The data collected will be compared with those of participants with high stress levels but without animal-assisted intervention (participants only observe nature) and with a control group consisting of people without stress exposure.

The study will be performed in the following setting: Questionnaire examination on chronic stress, questionnaire on current well-being and heart rate variability (HRV) measurement before the horse-assisted intervention, one HRV measurement and one questionnaire examination (POMS) on current well-being after the horse-assisted intervention, one questionnaire (POMS) on current well-being 5 days after the horse-assisted intervention.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

animal-assisted intervention

horse-assisted intervention

BEHAVIORAL

watching the countryside

just watching the countryside

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Graz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Baranyi · Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-31
Primary Completion
2028-01-01
Completion
2028-01-01

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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