Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40941284›Full record

ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Maximising the Potential Benefit of Living with Companion Dogs for Autistic Children and Their Families: A Mixed-Methods Survey of the Impact of a Novel 'Family Dog Service'.

Emily Shoesmith, Heidi Stevens, Selina Gibsone, Cari Miles, Hannah Beal, Kelly Jennings, Elena Ratschen

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

7 authors.

Emily ShoesmithDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2420-4919
Heidi StevensDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6323-2023
Selina GibsoneDogs for Good, The Frances Hay Centre, Blacklocks Hill, Banbury OX17 2BS, UK.
Cari MilesDogs for Good, The Frances Hay Centre, Blacklocks Hill, Banbury OX17 2BS, UK.
Hannah BealDogs for Good, The Frances Hay Centre, Blacklocks Hill, Banbury OX17 2BS, UK.
Kelly JenningsDogs for Good, The Frances Hay Centre, Blacklocks Hill, Banbury OX17 2BS, UK.
Elena RatschenDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4128-9608

Funding

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Research Capability Funding Award N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

autismcompanion dogsdogsmental healthpetssurvey

Identifiers

PMID40941284
PMCPMC12427255

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.