Effect of animal assisted interactions on activity and stress response in children in acute care settings

OBJECTIVE: Determine the effects of animal assisted interactions (AAI) on activity and stress response in pediatric acute care settings. DESIGN: Randomized treatment control design. SETTING: Inpatient pediatric acute care units (PICU, CVICU and Hematology/Oncology). PATIENTS: Eighty pediatric inpati...

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Autores principales: Jennings, Mary Lou, Granger, Douglas A., Bryce, Crystal I., Twitchell, Denice, Yeakel, Kim, Teaford, Patricia A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Clinical Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35757663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100076
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author Jennings, Mary Lou
Granger, Douglas A.
Bryce, Crystal I.
Twitchell, Denice
Yeakel, Kim
Teaford, Patricia A.
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description OBJECTIVE: Determine the effects of animal assisted interactions (AAI) on activity and stress response in pediatric acute care settings. DESIGN: Randomized treatment control design. SETTING: Inpatient pediatric acute care units (PICU, CVICU and Hematology/Oncology). PATIENTS: Eighty pediatric inpatients (49% male) age 2–19 years. INTERVENTION: The AAI experimental group patients interacted with therapy dog teams for 5–10 min and the comparison group patients continued their current activity without an AAI visit. MEASUREMENT AND RESULTS: Salivary cortisol, activity level, and mood were assessed before and after AAI. AAI was associated with a decrease in cortisol levels and increases in mood and activity. CONCLUSION: AAI benefits children in pediatric acute care units.
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spelling pubmed-92164162022-06-24 Effect of animal assisted interactions on activity and stress response in children in acute care settings Jennings, Mary Lou Granger, Douglas A. Bryce, Crystal I. Twitchell, Denice Yeakel, Kim Teaford, Patricia A. Compr Psychoneuroendocrinol Clinical Science OBJECTIVE: Determine the effects of animal assisted interactions (AAI) on activity and stress response in pediatric acute care settings. DESIGN: Randomized treatment control design. SETTING: Inpatient pediatric acute care units (PICU, CVICU and Hematology/Oncology). PATIENTS: Eighty pediatric inpatients (49% male) age 2–19 years. INTERVENTION: The AAI experimental group patients interacted with therapy dog teams for 5–10 min and the comparison group patients continued their current activity without an AAI visit. MEASUREMENT AND RESULTS: Salivary cortisol, activity level, and mood were assessed before and after AAI. AAI was associated with a decrease in cortisol levels and increases in mood and activity. CONCLUSION: AAI benefits children in pediatric acute care units. Elsevier 2021-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9216416/ /pubmed/35757663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100076 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_sort effect of animal assisted interactions on activity and stress response in children in acute care settings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216416/
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