ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Animal-Assisted Intervention and Health Care Workers' Psychological Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) in intensive care : Position of the German Society for Internal Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Guideline
- Nurses' Best Friend? The Lived Experiences of Nurses Who Utilized Dog Therapy in the Workplace.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Determination of Nursing Students' Opinions on the Use of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Pediatric Care and Their Animal Love Levels.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of indoor biophilic environments on cognitive function in elderly patients with diabetes: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Feasibility, efficacy, and safety of animal-assisted activities with visiting dogs in inpatient pediatric oncology.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Article
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- Potential Mechanisms of Action and Outcomes of Equine-Assisted Services for Veterans with a History of Trauma: A Narrative Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Lower Emotional Exhaustion among Employees Is Associated with Intentional Incorporation of Animals into Residential Care Settings.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Coping mechanisms used by pharmacists to deal with stress, what is helpful and what is harmful?Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2023Article
- Interventions on Well-being, Occupational Health, and Aging of Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- Reactivation of a Hospital-Based Therapy Dog Visitation Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Genomic and Temporal Trends in Canine ExPEC Reflect Those of Human ExPEC.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Healthcare settings have recently increased the use of companion animals in the workplace to provide emotional support to people with disabilities, but there is limited empirical research on the effects of these programs on healthcare workers. However, it is reasonable to speculate that Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs) may have positive effects on health care workers (HCWs) by buffering the negative effects of work-related stress and other occupational psychosocial risk factors. The aim of this review was to examine the beneficial effects of AAIs on the psychological well-being of HCWs. A systematic review was conducted in December 2021 to gain insight into the positive effects of pets on HCWs in the workplace. Searches were conducted in the following databases: Scopus, PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, including studies between 2001 and December 2021, and 12 articles were included in the review. The results indicate that implementing the AAI program in a busy clinic is feasible and that the program is accepted by medical professionals because of the immense psychological benefits it provides. However, the healthcare professionals disliked the experimental design that forced them to leave their workplaces at a certain time.
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