Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit

Not Applicable

Suspended

• Conditions: Anxiety; Pain; Mental Health - Anxiety; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000852954
• Lead Sponsor: SYNERGY Nursing and Midwifery research centre

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-02-16
• Study Start: 2020-08-27
• Last Update Posted: 31 August 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Suspended
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Patient Participant Inclusion Criteria
•Happy for a therapy dog visit
•18 years and over
•Admission over 72 hours ago
•Conscious and co-operative with a RASS score of 0-1
•Able to communicate verbally or non-verbally
•Understand English

Family Member Participant Inclusion Criteria
•Happy for a therapy dog visit
•18 years and over
•Has a family member admitted into the ICU over 72 hours ago
•Family member interested in a dog visit
•Able to communicate verbally or non-verbally
•Understand English

Exclusion Criteria

Patient Participant Exclusion Criteria
•Allergies to dogs
•Phobias / fear of dogs
•Patients with burns
•Open wounds
•Recent splenectomy
•Immunosuppressed patients
•Neutropenic patients
•Delirious or aggressive patients
•Patients with planned procedures during the therapy dog visit

Family Member Participant Exclusion Criteria
•Allergies to dogs
•Phobias / fear of dogs

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified