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Care of Patients with Service or Therapy Animals
Contributor(s):: Taft, L.
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Effects of animal-assisted activity on self-reported feelings of pain in hospitalized children and adolescents
| Contributor(s):: Tatiane Ichitani, Maria Claudia Cunha
Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) is an approach recently introduced into the hospital environment to improve the quality of hospitalization and provide important benefits for patients with chronic diseases and long-term hospitalizations. This work aims to verify the effects of animal-assisted...
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Improving the Emotional Distress and the Experience of Hospitalization in Children and Adolescent Patients Through Animal Assisted Interventions: A Systematic Review
| Contributor(s):: Correale, C., Borgi, M., Collacchi, B., Falamesca, C., Gentile, S., Vigevano, F., Cappelletti, S., Cirulli, F.
Introduction: Animal Assisted Interventions (AAIs) are increasingly common in pediatric care settings as a means to promote the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of hospitalized children and adolescents.Objectives: The aim of this work was to review published studies...
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Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Associated with Animal Injuries, 2009
| Contributor(s):: A. Adams, J. Sutton, A. Elixhauser
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Effects of animal-assisted therapy on hospitalized children and teenagers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
| Contributor(s):: Feng, Y., Lin, Y., Zhang, N., Jiang, X., Zhang, L.
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Animal-assisted activity improves social behaviors in psychiatrically hospitalized youth with autism
| Contributor(s):: Germone, M. M., Gabriels, R. L., Guérin, N. A., Pan, Z., Banks, T., O'Haire, M. E.
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Intervenções assistidas por cães como terapêutica não farmacológica em contexto hospitalar no doente internado
| Contributor(s):: Marta Fernandes Correia Bernardo
Introdução: A hospitalização é, frequentemente, uma circunstância de fragilidade em que o doente apresenta distress. As terapias não farmacológicas, como uma abordagem holística do doente, são fundamentais para capacitar o...
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Salivary cortisol concentrations and behavior in a population of healthy dogs hospitalized for elective procedures
| Contributor(s):: Hekman, Jessica P., Karas, Alicia Z., Dreschel, Nancy A.
Identification of severe stress in hospitalized veterinary patients may improve treatment outcomes and welfare. To assess stress levels, in Study 1, we collected salivary cortisol samples and behavioral parameters in 28 healthy dogs hospitalized prior to elective procedures. Dogs were categorized...
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The Effect of a Pet Therapy and Comparison Intervention on Anxiety in Hospitalized Children
| Contributor(s):: Hinic, K., Kowalski, M. O., Holtzman, K., Mobus, K.
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Evaluation of the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Undernutrition in Hospitalized Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Jenifer Molina, Marta Hervera, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Carlos Torrente, Cecilia Villaverde
Hospitalized dogs are predisposed to undernutrition, which can potentially affect outcome. This study evaluated the prevalence of undernutrition in hospitalized dogs (measured as loss of body condition score, BCS and body weight, BW) and studied the risk factors that affect nutritional status,...
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The design of visitation facilities to engage patients with their own cats and dogs
| Contributor(s):: Perez-Camargo, G., Creagan, E. T.
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[Establishment of an Animal Based Therapy at a University Hospital for Psychiatry: Results of a Preliminary Study and Future Prospects]
| Contributor(s):: Hartfiel, C., Bodatsch, M., Klosterkotter, J., Kuhn, J.
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Participation and control experienced during animal-assisted activities by children hospitalised with cancer
| Contributor(s):: Monique Vicky Simon
Children diagnosed and treated for cancer experience a profound life-transformation as they are confronted with unprecedented physical, psychosocial and emotional challenges. Children’s experience of diagnosis and treatment is often accompanied by a lack of participation and reduced...
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Animal Assisted Interventions for Hospitalized and Chronically Ill Children
| Contributor(s):: Krankl, Annika
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The Effect of the presence of a pet animal on the socialization behavior of withdrawn hospitalized persons with a psychiatric diagnosis
| Contributor(s):: Barbara P. Olchowy
In recent years increased attention has been given to the special benefits that animals provide to the medically ill, the emotionally disturbed, the elderly, the physically impaired and the normal healthy person. The effect of the presence of animal companionship has been associated with...
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Restraint and Hospitalization of Cats
| Contributor(s):: Wayne H. Rizer
A cat presents a problem in handling for the small animal practitioner much as does the western steer to the rural practitioner, in that the ability of the doctor is often measured by the way the animal is handled rather than by the way the animal responds to the treatment.
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On the Cover
| Contributor(s):: Fergenson, Michael
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A piece of my mind. Addie's hope
| Contributor(s):: Cornfield, J. M.
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Animal-Assisted Therapy: An Exploration of Its History, Healing Benefits, and How Skilled Nursing Facilities Can Set Up Programs
| Contributor(s):: Ernst, Lorraine
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Terapeuters opplevelse av hestebasert behandling for pasienter med spiseforstyrrelser. = Therapists’ experience of horse-based treatment of patients with eating disorders
| Contributor(s):: Træen, Bente, Moan, Kari-Anne, Rosenvinge, Jan H.
