试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 186
- 主要终点
- Behavioural response during visits
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this project is to study how an the intensity of dog contact during dog visits in nursing homes can affect the immediate response to, and the general effect of the visits, and whether the residents' level of cognitive impairment affects the response and benefit of dog visits.
The participants are randomly assigned to receive one type of visits (12 visits in total) out of three possible visit types (1: visit with a dog; 2: visit with a dog, including a planned activity, 3 visit without a dog, including a planned activity). The residents received 2 visits per week for 6 weeks. The behaviour of the participants during visits is recorded. Before and after the intervention period, participants are scores on psychometric scales for cognitive impairment level, daily function level and symptoms of depression.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being able to sit up during the visits
排除标准
- •Dog allergy
- •Fear of dogs
- •Health problems that make participation unadvisable
结局指标
主要结局
Behavioural response during visits
时间窗: Behaviour is recorded in all of the 12 visits in the 6 week intervention period
The behaviour of the residents is recorded by direct observation using continuous recording. In all visits, the frequency and duration of talk and physical contact to the persons present are recorded. Talk is classified into talk about the dog and/or activity, depending on the visit type. In visits with dogs (D, DA), the frequency and duration of physical contact and talk directed to the dog are recorded, and in visits involving an activity (DA, A), the frequency and duration of the residents' involvement in the activity are recorded.
次要结局
- Daily function level, before intervention(This measure is obtained in the week preceeding the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))
- Cognitive impairment level, after intervention(This measure is obtained in the week following the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))
- Cognitive impairment level, before intervention(This measure is obtained in the week preceeding the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))
- Daily function level,, after intervention(This measure is obtained in the week following the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))
- Symptoms of depression, before intervention(This measure is obtained in the week preceeding the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))
- Symptoms of depression, after intervention(This measure is obtained in the week following the intervention period (6 weeks, 2 visits ))