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Dog Assisted Therapy: Comparing Duration Treatments for Patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

NCT06763614 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2025-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy of a shorter version program of Dog Assisted Therapy (DAT) (8 sessions) compared to a longer version (16 sessions) for children and adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD). We evaluated the impact of DAT on social skills, internalizing and externalizing problems, quality of life, severity of the disorder and emotional well-being of parents. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in a cohort of 55 patients with FASD.

Conditions

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dog assisted therapy - animal interventions

Animal Assisted Therapy is when animals are used in goal directed treatment sessions. These goals are working emotionalaspects pf childres and adolescents with SAF

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundacion Probitas

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Josep Antoni Ramos Quirogfa, MD-PHD · Comitè Ètic d'Investigació Clínica HUVH Barcelona, Barcelona Spain

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-20
Primary Completion
2023-08-20
Completion
2023-08-20

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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