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The Effect of Animal-Assisted Activity on Inpatients with Schizophrenia
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of animal-assisted activity on self-esteem, control over activities of daily living, and other psychophysiological aspects among Taiwanese inpatients with schizophrenia. Thirty participants were randomly assigned to either the treatment or control group. A weekly animal-assisted activity program was arranged for patients in the treatment group for 2 months. A questionnaire assessing self-esteem, self-determination, social support, and psychiatric symptoms was completed the week before and the week after the animal-assisted activity. Compared with the control group, the treatment group showed significant improvement on all measures except for social support and negative psychiatric symptoms. The results of this study showed that animal-assisted activity can promote significant improvements in many clinical aspects among inpatients with schizophrenia. Therefore, animal-assisted activity should be integrated into the treatment of institutionalized patients with schizophrenia.
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The next shortest intervention was eight weeks for 50 minutes per week in Chu et al. 2009.
“the next shortest intervention was eight weeks for 50 minutes per week (Chu et al. 2009)”
From A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes (2015) · cites this paper as Chu et al. 2009
Some studies used measures tapping specific constructs such as self-efficacy and self-esteem, whereas others used broader measures such as overall quality of life.
“some studies used measures that tapped specific constructs, such as self-efficacy (e.g., Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008;Pedersen et al. 2012) and self-esteem (e.g., Chu et al. 2009), whereas others used broader measures, such as overall quality of life for children with cerebral palsy (e.g., Davis et al. 2009).”
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Chu et al. 2009 was associated with significant increases in self-esteem and self-determination.
“and was associated with significant increases in self-esteem, self-determination”
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Two studies reported positive outcomes of canine-assisted interventions.
“two studies reported positive outcomes of canine-assisted interventions (Chu et al. 2009;Villalta-Gil et al. 2009)”
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Two studies found clear evidence that canine AAI was beneficial for individuals with severe psychological disorders.
“two studies found clear evidence that aaI (canine) was beneficial for individuals with severe psychological disorders (Chu et al. 2009;Villalta-Gil et al. 2009).”
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Chu et al. 2009 was associated with decreases in positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
“as well as decreases in positive symptoms of schizophrenia.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chu, C.-I., Liu, C.-Y., Sun, C.-T., & Lin, J.
- Affiliations
- Tzu Chi University (TW)
- ORCID
- Chu, Cheng-I
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
- Publisher
- SLACK, Inc.
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 42-48
- ISSN
- 0279-3695 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2413
- OpenAlex
- W1999318835
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (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 activities, schizophrenia, hospitalized patients, self-esteem, self-determination, activities of daily living, social support, psychiatric symptoms, animal-assisted therapy, psychiatric nursing
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Animals, Attitude to Health, Dogs, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Inpatients, Internal-External Control, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Self Concept, Taiwan, Program Evaluation, Nursing Evaluation Research, Treatment Outcome, Statistics, Nonparametric, Animal Assisted Therapy
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