Long-term Effects on Socioemotional Skills of Animal-assisted Therapy in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
- Enrollment
- 70
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- socioemotional behaviour
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate weather patients treated with animal-assisted therapy show better socioemotional skills compared to treatment as usual.
70 patients will be allocated randomly to one of two groups (control group and intervention group). During 6 weeks, all patients get two therapy sessions (AAT vs. TAU) per week. The 35 patients in the control group will get treatment as usual (TAU) in speech therapy, occupational therapy or physiotherapy twice a week whereas the 35 patients in the intervention group will get the same therapies but there will be an animal included in the therapy sessions.
The main outcome is the amount of expressed emotion and interaction in a standardized social situation measured via behavioral video coding.
Measurements will be done before the first therapy session (pre-measurement, t0) and after the last therapy session (post-measurement, t1) of the 6 weeks of intervention. The follow-up measurement will be done 6 weeks (follow-up I, t2) and 12 weeks later (follow-up II, t3).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Informed consent as documented signed by the patient or his/her legal representative
- •Inpatients of REHAB Basel with acquired brain injury and FIM-score over 60 (Funktionale Selbstständigkeitsmessung, Internationale Vereinigung für Assessment in der Rehabilitation, 1997)
- •Minimum age of 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
- •medical contraindications for contact with animals as allergy, phobia etc.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
socioemotional behaviour
Time Frame: 18 weeks
The amount of expressed emotion andsocial interaction in a standardized social situation measured via behavioral video coding.
Secondary Outcomes
- Adherence to treatnemt(6 weeks)
- Quality of life score(18 weeks)
- Social cognition(18 weeks)
- Therapy motivation(18 weeks)
- Depression(18 weeks)