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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

The Role of Companion Dogs in the VA Maryland Health Care System Whole Health(y) GeroFit Program.

Heidi K Ortmeyer, Jamie Giffuni, Danielle Etchberger, Leslie Katzel

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Whole Health(y) Aging With Gerofit: The Development of a Pilot Wellness Program for Older Veterans.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2026
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  3. Development of an Integrative Medicine Rotation for Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Residency.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heidi K OrtmeyerGeriatric Research Education Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9376-7029
Jamie GiffuniGeriatric Research Education Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7958-742X
Danielle EtchbergerGeriatric Research Education Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Leslie KatzelGeriatric Research Education Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6493-8458
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USVA Maryland Health Care System · US

Funding

University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (UM-OAIC)P30AG028747 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Stephen L. Seliger · 2006 to 2026
$28.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GeroFit is a gym-based exercise program that promotes health and wellness among older sedentary veterans. The aims of the current study were to determine whether providing a companion dog as an alternative to gym-based exercise would similarly affect whole health outcomes. A total of 15 (

Indexed as

accelerometrycompanion dogGeroFithuman–animal bondpet attachmentphysical activityphysical functionveteranwhole health

Identifiers

PMID37835653
PMCPMC10571922
OpenAlexW4387133679

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Registered trials

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