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- Title
Relationship between the Characteristics of Animal-Assisted Therapy and Patients.
- Authors
Toshihide Harada; Fumiko Ishizaki; Weiping Cheng; Yumiko Nitta; Yumiko Miki; Hideaki Numamoto; Naotaka Yoshikawa; Yoshitaka Nobukuni; Miwa Hayama; Shoji Ito; Hiroyuki Miyazaki; Satomi Aoi; Hiromi Ikeda; Tadayuki Iida; Juko Ando; Masato Kobayashi; Makoto Ito; Yuka Nitta; Tsuneshi Sugawara; Kohji Nakabeppu
- Abstract
Objective: Animal-assisted therapy is widely used and recognized for the medical benefits. Design: A clinical study. Materials and Methods: We analyzed companion animal ownership on the physical and psychological health of subjects. At the same time, we have stationed the trained therapy animals under a specialist handler. We investigated changes in the moods when interacting with the companion animals in the long span. Results: Many of the patients had experience interacting with animals and were interested in and favorable toward interact- ing with the stationed therapy animals. Conclusions: Quality of life (QOL) of patients in the elderly nursing home, elementary and high school and preschool chil- dren and stuffs was improved. The therapy animals indicated an increased mood effect on rehabilitation.
- Subjects
AFFECT (Psychology); ELDER care; HEALTH status indicators; HIGH school students; HUMAN-animal relationships; PEDIATRICS; PETS; QUALITY of life; SCHOOL children; SCHOOL health services; PET therapy; SERVICE animals
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 5, p620
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article