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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

From Dogs to Robots: Pet-Assisted Interventions for Depression in Older Adults-A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Mei-Ling Dai, Berne Ting, Ray Jui-Hung Tseng, Yu-Ling Huang, Chia-Ching Lin, Min-Hsiung Chen, Pan-Yen Lin, Tzu-Yu Liu

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Mei-Ling DaiDepartment of Nursing, Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Miaoli 351498, Taiwan.
Berne TingCenter for General Education, Hungkuang University, Taichung 433304, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5752-082X
Ray Jui-Hung TsengSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701401, Taiwan.ORCID 0009-0008-8935-9891
Yu-Ling HuangDepartment of Medical Quality, Teaching and Research Section, Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Miaoli 351498, Taiwan.
Chia-Ching LinDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Miaoli 351498, Taiwan.
Min-Hsiung ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Miaoli 351498, Taiwan.
Pan-Yen LinMind-Body Interface Laboratory (MBI-Lab), China Medical University, Taichung 404328, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-0376-4562
Tzu-Yu LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Wei Gong Memorial Hospital, Miaoli 351498, Taiwan.

Funding

Wei Gong Memorial Hospital WMH-114-003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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animal-assisted therapylate-life depressionnetwork meta-analysisolder adultsrobotic pets

Identifiers

PMID41516969
PMCPMC12786183

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