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Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review
Pet ownership, the most common human–animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, evaluate, and summarize primary research on the relat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8706375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34941860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120333 |
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author | Barroso, Cristina S. Brown, Kathleen C. Laubach, David Souza, Marcy Daugherty, Linda M. Dixson, Melanie |
author_facet | Barroso, Cristina S. Brown, Kathleen C. Laubach, David Souza, Marcy Daugherty, Linda M. Dixson, Melanie |
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description | Pet ownership, the most common human–animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, evaluate, and summarize primary research on the relationship between cat and/or dog ownership and cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and obesity to inform future research on pet ownership and chronic disease. How pet ownership was defined/measured, and identification of the chronic disease variables and health behaviors most often measured were emphasized. Two researchers independently searched PubMed and Web of Science, where One Health literature are mostly likely to be indexed, for peer-reviewed literature on pet ownership and CVD, T2D, and obesity. A review of 4541 titles and abstracts for relevance resulted in 34 manuscripts eligible for full-text review. Two researchers assessed each eligible manuscript and extracted data only from those that met the inclusion criteria (n = 14). Ten studies on CVD, four studies on obesity, and zero studies on T2D met the study criteria. The CVD and obesity variables varied and were not well described. The relationship between pet ownership and CVD and obesity varied (positive, negative, mixed effects, and no effect). Generalizability lacked across all studies: most studies were with Non-Hispanic White populations. Other areas of weakness were quality of study outcomes and instrument validity. Operationalization of pet ownership varied (from no verification to confirmed pet registration). Integration of the evidence-based influence of the human–animal connection through pet ownership on CVD and obesity may make prevention, mitigation, and treatment strategies more robust. |
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spelling | pubmed-87063752021-12-25 Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review Barroso, Cristina S. Brown, Kathleen C. Laubach, David Souza, Marcy Daugherty, Linda M. Dixson, Melanie Vet Sci Systematic Review Pet ownership, the most common human–animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, evaluate, and summarize primary research on the relationship between cat and/or dog ownership and cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and obesity to inform future research on pet ownership and chronic disease. How pet ownership was defined/measured, and identification of the chronic disease variables and health behaviors most often measured were emphasized. Two researchers independently searched PubMed and Web of Science, where One Health literature are mostly likely to be indexed, for peer-reviewed literature on pet ownership and CVD, T2D, and obesity. A review of 4541 titles and abstracts for relevance resulted in 34 manuscripts eligible for full-text review. Two researchers assessed each eligible manuscript and extracted data only from those that met the inclusion criteria (n = 14). Ten studies on CVD, four studies on obesity, and zero studies on T2D met the study criteria. The CVD and obesity variables varied and were not well described. The relationship between pet ownership and CVD and obesity varied (positive, negative, mixed effects, and no effect). Generalizability lacked across all studies: most studies were with Non-Hispanic White populations. Other areas of weakness were quality of study outcomes and instrument validity. Operationalization of pet ownership varied (from no verification to confirmed pet registration). Integration of the evidence-based influence of the human–animal connection through pet ownership on CVD and obesity may make prevention, mitigation, and treatment strategies more robust. MDPI 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8706375/ /pubmed/34941860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120333 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review Barroso, Cristina S. Brown, Kathleen C. Laubach, David Souza, Marcy Daugherty, Linda M. Dixson, Melanie Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title | Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | cat and/or dog ownership, cardiovascular disease, and obesity: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8706375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34941860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120333 |
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