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An Evaluation of Companion Pets with Elderly Psychiatric Patients
Abstract
The main aim of this study was to evaluate pet therapy in terms of increased interaction with two groups of elderly psychiatric patients. These patients were different in respect of their diagnosis, but their environments were similar in layout, decor and facilities. Each group of patients was observed by an independent observer, and further rated by the ward nurses on a scale which recorded change in their behaviour over the three conditions: baseline, dog intervention and photographic intervention. The total time of observing was four weeks where the baseline (i.e. “normal” amount of interaction) and the two intervening stimuli were introduced, and compared with one another. Time sampling was used throughout the study. The results indicate that the dog intervention was the most effective in increasing interaction when comparisons were made with other conditions.
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“Importantly, four studies included in the review compared aaIs with active interventions rather than a wait-list control group, demonstrating that aaI was as effective as the alternative intervention, and in some cases more effective (holcomb and meacham 1989; haughie, milne and Elliot 1992; Bernstein, Friedmann and malaspina 2000;marr et al. 2000).”
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- Authors
- Haughie, E., Milne, D., & Elliott, V.
- Affiliations
- St George's Park (GB)
- Venue
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1992-10
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 367-372
- ISSN
- 1352-4658 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1833
- OpenAlex
- W2090535077
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Keywords
- animal-assisted therapy, companion animals, dogs, elderly psychiatric patients, mental disorders in older adults, human-animal interaction, social interaction, photographic intervention, temporal sampling
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