Canine-assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT03471429
• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if dogs can reduce the anxiety level of patients in the emergency department.

Detailed Description

Patients will score their pain, anxiety, and depression. A dog will then come into the patient's room for approximately 15 minutes after which the patient will score his/her pain, anxiety, and depression again.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-12-21
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Study First Submitted: 2018-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-13
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-04
• Study Completion: 2018-04-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-09-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Research staff will screen for inclusion criterion by asking the care providers if they agree with this statement, "I believe this patient is experiencing moderate or greater anxiety".

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Exclusion Criteria

• Extreme intoxication, agitation that precludes conversation with the patient, fear of dogs, dog bite, allergy to dogs.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety reduction from Scale	30 mins	reduction in anxiety score (0-10). 0=balanced mood (least anxiety) 2= slight fear and worry 4=mild fear and worry 6= moderate worry, physical agitation 8=Feeling really bad, at the edge 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (worst anxiety)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression reduction from scale	30 mins	reduction in depression score (0-10). 0= Balanced mood (least depressed) 2= Slightly depressed 4= Mildly depressed 6= Definite malaise 8= Feeling reall bad, at the edge 10=Despair, suicidal feelings (worst depressed)
Pain reduction from Wong Baker faces scale	30 mins	reduction in pain score (0-10). 0=no hurt (least pain) 2= Hurts little bit 4= Hurts little more 6= Hurts even more 8= Hurts whole lot 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (hurts worst)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Indiana University; 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States