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Animal-Assisted Therapy with Farm Animals for Persons with Psychiatric Disorders: Effects on Anxiety and Depression, a Randomized Controlled Trial
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This study examined the effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy with farm animals during a 12 weeks' intervention on anxiety and depression among psychiatric patients by using a randomized controlled trial with a follow-up investigation at 6 months. Ninety adult patients were included, with 41 completers in the treatment group and 28 in the control group. Anxiety measured using Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory did not decrease significantly during the intervention for the treatment group but was significantly lower at follow-up compared with baseline (p = 0.002) and with the end of the intervention (p = 0.004). There was no significant change for the control group. Depression measured using Beck Depression Inventory was significantly lower at follow-up compared with baseline for both groups, but there were no significant differences between the groups.
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Three studies found beneficial psychological effects with farm animal-assisted therapy, although two of these studies reported findings using the same sample.
“three studies found beneficial psychological effects with farm animal-assisted therapy (Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Berget et al. 2011;Pedersen et al. 2012), although two of these studies reported findings using the same sample.”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Berget et al. 2011
AAI using farm animals may be beneficial for individuals with depression and other forms of psychiatric disorders.
“We also found that aaI using farm animals may be beneficial for individuals with depression (Pedersen et al. 2012) and other forms of psychiatric disorders (Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Berget et al. 2011).”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Berget et al. 2011
Only five studies reported or provided sufficient information to calculate an effect size, such as eta squared statistics, to estimate the strength of the intervention effect.
“Finally, only five of the studies in the present review (Bass, Duchowny and llabre 2009;Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Berget et al. 2011;Pedersen et al. 2012;Villalta-Gil et al. 2009) reported or provided sufficient information to calculate an effect size (i.e., eta squared statistics) to estimate the strength of the intervention effect.”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Berget et al. 2011
Only three studies, Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008, Berget et al. 2011, and Pedersen et al. 2012, reported follow-up assessments beyond the end of treatment.
“however, only three studies (Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Berget et al. 2011;Pedersen et al. 2012) reported follow-up assessments beyond the end of treatment.”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Berget et al. 2011
Three studies administered follow-up assessments, which demonstrated that the novelty effects associated with AAI may have been short-lived.
“three studies administered follow-up assessments (Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Berget et al. 2011;Pedersen et al. 2012), which demonstrated that the novelty effects associated with aaI may have been short-lived.”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Berget et al. 2011
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Metadata
- Authors
- Berget, B., Ekeberg, Ø., Pedersen, I., & Braastad, B. O.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Berget, Bente
- ORCID
- Pedersen, Ingeborg
- Venue
- Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-02-14
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 50-64
- ISSN
- 0164-212X (ISSN-L)
- 1541-3101
- OpenAlex
- W2034601480
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Occupational Therapy in Mental Health (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, livestock, mental illness, anxiety, depression, state anxiety, long-term follow-up, mental health interventions
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