Trial reportScientific reports2019
Effects of animal-assisted therapy on social behaviour in patients with acquired brain injury: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04610346 (Assessing an Animal-Assisted Treatment Program for Adults With Aphasia), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Assessing an Animal-Assisted Treatment Program for Adults With Aphasia: The Persons With Aphasia Training Dogs Program
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Dog-assisted interventions for adults diagnosed with schizophrenia and related disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Effects of animal-assisted psychotherapy incorporating mindfulness and self-compassion in neurorehabilitation: a randomized controlled feasibility trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
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- Dog visits in nursing homes - increase complexity or keep it simple? A randomised controlled study.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Transfer effects of animal-assisted therapy on socioemotional skills in adult inpatient rehabilitation after acquired brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- The Effect of Pet Ownership on Quality of Life and Personality Traits in Individuals.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2025Article
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- Psychological aspects of hippotherapy for children with severe neurological impairment: An exploratory study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Shared work? Unravelling interspecies entanglements, agency, and the rhythms of equids at work.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- The feasibility and acceptability of integrating dogs into inpatient rehabilitation therapy with children with acquired brain injury.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Human-Animal Interaction in Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI)s: Zoonosis Risks, Benefits, and Future Directions-A One Health Approach.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy for Pediatric Chronic Pain: Case Series of an Open Pilot Study to Test Initial Feasibility and Potential Efficacy.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Animals in Animal-Assisted Services: Are They Volunteers or Professionals?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Effects of a Dog-Assisted Social- and Emotional-Competence Training for Prisoners: A Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Animal-Assisted Intervention and Health Care Workers' Psychological Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Animal-Assisted Intervention in Speech-Language Pathology: Practical, Clinical, and Theoretical Considerations.Seminars in speech and language · 2022Review
- Integrative Model of Human-Animal Interactions: A One Health-One Welfare Systemic Approach to Studying HAI.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Gait Performance, Respiratory Function, and Psychological Variables in Patients Post-Stroke.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Acceptability of AAI from the Perspective of Elderly Clients, Family Members, and Staff-A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is increasingly used to address impaired social competence in patients with acquired brain injury. However, the efficacy of AAT has not been tested in these patients. We used a randomised, controlled within subject trial to determine the effects of AAT on social competence in patients undergoing stationary neurorehabilitation. Participants received both AAT sessions and paralleled conventional therapy sessions. The patients' social behaviour was systematically coded on the basis of video recordings of therapy sessions. Moreover, mood, treatment motivation and satisfaction was measured during each therapy session. We analysed 222 AAT and 219 control sessions of 19 patients with linear mixed models. Patients showed a significantly higher amount of social behaviour during AAT. Furthermore, patients' positive emotions, verbal and non-verbal communication, mood, treatment motivation and satisfaction were increased in the presence of an animal. Neutral emotions were reduced but no effect was found regarding negative emotions. Our results show that AAT increases aspects of social competence and leads to higher emotional involvement of patients with acquired brain injury, reflected in higher social engagement, motivation and satisfaction during a therapeutic session.
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