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Nature and Animal-assisted Activities

NCT06431126 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2025-08-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Neuropsychiatric impairments in young adults are common and can involve social withdrawal, and difficulties in receiving support from healthcare and municipal social care services. Collaboration is needed, but knowledge gaps exist concerning effective interventions. Participation in meaningful activities, as a complement to other treatment strategies can be a step towards studies/work. The aim of the trial is to explore the feasibility of a structured nature and animal-based activity on a farm for young adults with neuropsychiatric impairments.

The intervention involves participation in nature and animal-assisted group activities, twice a week for 12 weeks. Data consists of interviews with participants prior to and after the intervention, as well as one year later. The one-year follow-up focus is on life situation, changes in everyday life and experiences of the intervention. In addition, interview-based experiences of the ordinary staff and supervisors on the farm are included. Analysis will be carried out with qualitative content analysis, as well as health-economic calculations.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nature and animal-assisted activities

Supervised activities on a farm, 2 half day/week for 12 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kronoberg County Council

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Birgitta Gunnarsson, PhD · Kronoberg County Council

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-24
Primary Completion
2023-07-07
Completion
2025-12-01

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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