An evaluation of the effect of equine-facilitated psychotherapy on patients with substance use disorders
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| Abstract |
Equine Facilitated Psychiatry and Psychology (EFPP) is a supportive non-pharmacological treatment program used in the treatment of patients with substance use disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate a possible change in patient's health and health-related quality of life between the first and fourth session of the EFPP program using the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). The Human-Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) and a 5-point Likert-type scale was used for an assessment of patient's mood in the experimental group. The study sample included 57 patients (39 in experimental group with EFPP and 18 without EFPP program) with substance use disorders hospitalized in the psychiatric hospital. Comparing the initial and final patients scores in the experimental group, there was a significant positive shift in three of the four domains of the HoNOS scale and in seven of the eight dimensions of the AQoL scale. HAIS significantly increased (p |
| Publication Title | PLoS One |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | e0286867 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0286867 |
| Author Address | Department of Ethology and Companion Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.Center of Equine Assisted Therapy of Psychiatric Hospital Kosmonosy, Psychiatric Hospital Kosmonosy, Kosmonosy, Czech Republic. |
| Additional Language | English |
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