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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020

Animal-Assisted Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Approach in Alzheimer's Disease: A Retrospective Study.

Antonio Santaniello, Susanne Garzillo, Alessia Amato, Mario Sansone, Annalisa Di Palma, Annamaria Di Maggio, Alessandro Fioretti, Lucia Francesca Menna

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio SantanielloDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2872-0646
Susanne GarzilloDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.
Alessia AmatoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.
Mario SansoneDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Federico II University of Naples, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Annalisa Di PalmaDepartment of Fragility, Alzheimer Center "Villa Walpole", ASL Napoli 1 Centro, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Annamaria Di MaggioRegional Reference Center of Urban Veterinary Hygiene (CRIUV), ASL Napoli 1 Centro, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Alessandro FiorettiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.
Lucia Francesca MennaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.
University of Naples Federico II · ITRegione Campania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, many efforts have been made to assess the effectiveness of non-pharmacological therapies as an alternative or supportive option to conventional approaches. Specifically, animal-assisted therapy (AAT) has recently raised a great interest and large research efforts. This work represents a retrospective study carried out over seven years (from 2012 to 2019) in 127 patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. The patients were divided into three groups: an experimental group that received AAT interventions adapted to the formal reality orientation therapy (ROT), a group receiving a formal ROT, and a control group that did not perform any of the previous therapies. All sessions, for all patient groups, were held weekly for a total period of six months. The evaluation of cognitive function was performed through the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), while the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) assessed the depressive state. Test administration to all patients was performed before the start of the first session (T

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animal-assisted therapydog co-therapistnon-pharmacological therapiespatientsreality orientation therapyzootherapist veterinarian

Identifiers

PMID32640648
PMCPMC7401549
OpenAlexW3039474280

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