Trial reportJournal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Animal-assisted Activities for Pediatric Oncology Patients: Psychosocial and Microbial Outcomes.
Trial report in Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03471221 (Psychological Benefits and Potential Pathogen Transmission in Hospitalized Pediatric Oncology Patients Receiving Therapy Dog Visits), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Psychological Benefits and Potential Pathogen Transmission in Hospitalized Pediatric Oncology Patients Receiving Therapy Dog Visits: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents across the cancer care continuum: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- An overview of the benefits of animal-assisted interventions in medical and therapeutic contexts for human health: cognitive mechanisms, sensory perception and welfare considerations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
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- 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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8 authors.
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Abstract
introductionEvidence about the effectiveness and safety of dog visits in pediatric oncology is limited.
methodWe conducted a randomized controlled trial (n=26) of dog visits versus usual care among pediatric oncology inpatients. Psychological functioning and microbial load from hand wash samples were evaluated. Parental anxiety was a secondary outcome.
resultsWe did not observe a difference in the adjusted mean present functioning score (-3.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], -12.4 to 6.4). The difference in microbial load on intervention versus control hands was -0.04 (95% CI, -0.60 to 0.52) log10 CFU/mL, with an upper 95% CI limit below the prespecified noninferiority margin. Anxiety was lower in parents of intervention versus control patients. DISCUSSION: We did not detect an effect of dog visits on functioning; however, our study was underpowered by low recruitment. Visits improved parental anxiety. With hand sanitization, visits did not increase hand microbial levels. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT03471221.
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