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ArticleReview journal of autism and developmental disorders2023

Animal-Assisted Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 2016 to 2020.

Leanne O Nieforth, A J Schwichtenberg, Marguerite E O'Haire

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Article in Review journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
6.2field-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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leanne O NieforthCenter for the Human Animal Bond, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0281-2072
A J SchwichtenbergHuman Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8920-6798
Marguerite E O'HaireCenter for the Human Animal Bond, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4910-3126
Purdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

NRSA Training CoreTL1TR002531 · NCATS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI FOTI, DANIEL JUSTIN, HURLEY, THOMAS D. · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR002531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last five years, the literature on animal-assisted intervention (AAI) for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has doubled in size from 42 studies prior to 2015 to 85 studies (cumulative total assessed in 2020). Horses remain the most commonly researched animal for AAI, followed by dogs. The most commonly researched outcome was social interaction, across 21 studies. Though the quantity of studies has increased, issues with methodological rigor remain. Results highlight the need for a continued focus on methodological rigor as well as refining the structure of animal-assisted interventions, addressing the welfare needs of the animals involved, and continuing to establish an evidence base of both significant and nonsignificant findings for AAI for individuals with ASD.

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Animal-assistedAutismCanine-assistedEquine-assistedHuman-animal interaction

Identifiers

PMID37313251
PMCPMC10259834
OpenAlexW3203373578

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