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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020

Effects of Dog Assisted Therapy for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial.

Carolien Wijker, Ruslan Leontjevas, Annelies Spek, Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carolien WijkerGGZ Oost Brabant, P.O. Box 3, 5427 ZG, Boekel, The Netherlands. carolien.wijker@ou.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-2134
Ruslan LeontjevasFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Annelies SpekAutism Center of Expertise, Eemnes, The Netherlands.
Marie-Jose Enders-SlegersFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
GGZ Oost Brabant · NLOpen University of the Netherlands · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

Stichting Olim D14800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective treatments of highly prevalent stress-related outcomes such as depression and anxiety are understudied in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A randomized controlled trial with baseline, post-intervention, and 10-week follow-up, that explores the effects of animal assisted therapy (AAT) was conducted. In total, 53 adults with ASD with normal to high intelligence were randomized in an intervention (N = 27) versus waiting list control group (N = 26). The remarkable adherence to the therapy program by study participants and the program's clinically relevant effects indicate that AAT with dogs can be used to reduce perceived stress and symptoms of agoraphobia, and to improve social awareness and communication in adults with ASD with normal to high intelligence.

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Animal Assisted TherapyAdultAgoraphobiaAnimalsAnxietyAnxiety DisordersAutism Spectrum DisorderCommunicationDepressionDogsFemaleHumansMaleAdultsAnimal assisted therapyAutismDogsStress-related problems

Identifiers

PMID30900194
PMCPMC7261269
OpenAlexW2923617089

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