Equine-assisted Intervention on Psychosocial Adjustment in Patients With Psychiatric Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Equine-assisted Therapy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Equine-assisted intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04850066
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier de Dreux

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a brief equine-assisted intervention on the social adjustment, assertiveness, self-esteem and coping strategies in adult patients with psychosocial dysfunction, hospitalized and followed in psychiatry, as compared to standard care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-09
• Study Completion: 2023-03-09
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 98

Inclusion Criteria

Patients hospitalized in psychiatry with mental disorders lasting for more than 6 months with an EGF score on the Global Evaluation of Psychosocial Functioning scale of between 31 and 60 at the time of inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria

• acute psychiatric crisis
• severe comorbidities (such as mental retardation, mental deterioration) which could invalidate informed consent or limit patient compliance with the study protocol.
• medical contraindication to equine-assisted therapy (allergy, immunocompromised patients)
• pregnancy
• no affiliation to a social security scheme
• deprivation of liberty by a judicial decision
• wardship
• horse phobia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Equine-assisted intervention	Equine-assisted intervention	Brief program (3 sessions)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social adjustment (self reported)	Baseline and 6 months	Change in the score of the SAS-SR (social adjustment scale -self report) (from 1 (excellent adjustment) to 5 (bad adjustment))
Social adjustment	Baseline and 6 months	Change in the score of the SAS (social adjustment scale) (from 1 (excellent adjustment) to 5 (bad adjustment))

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assertiveness	Baseline, 2 and 6 months	Change in the score of the Rathus assertiveness schedule (from -90 (difficulties of assertivity) to +90 (good assertivity))
Self-esteem	Baseline, 2 and 6 months	Change in the score of the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem scale (from 10 to 40).
Ways of coping	Baseline, 2 and 6 months	Change in the score of the Ways of coping checklist (from 27 to 108).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Victor Jousselin; 🇫🇷 Dreux, France