se of Animal-Assisted Therapy to decrease cardiopulmonary pressures, neurohormone levels, and state anxiety in patients hospitalised with heart failure
Completed
- Conditions
- Heart failureCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN26749623
- Lead Sponsor
- Pet Care Trust Foundation (USA)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
1. Diagnosis of heart failure requiring medical management with an indwelling pulmonary artery catheter
2. Age between 18 and 80 years
3. Ability to read, write, and speak English
4. Orientation status of alert and oriented to person, place, and time
5. Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) greater than 1200 dyne/sec/cm^-5 at least once within 12 hours from the start of data collection
Exclusion Criteria
1. SVR less than 1200 dyne/sec/cm^-5
2. Allergies to dogs
3. Immunosuppression, defined as a white blood cell count of less than 4500 cells/mm^3
4. Infection as determined by an elevated white blood cell count exceeding 11,000 cells/mm^3
5. Body temperature greater than 38 degrees Celsius
6. Decreased level of consciousness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Haemodynamics<br>2. Neurohormonal levels<br>3. State anxiety
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration