Status:
WITHDRAWN
Canine-Assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency Care IV
Lead Sponsor:
Indiana University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Healthcare Initiatives, Inc.
Conditions:
Anxiety Acute
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Prior literature demonstrates that human stress can be reduced with exposure to animals. This study challenges current dogma by introducing a widely available, low cost method of dog therapy to reduce...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients
- Age 18-89 years
- Chronic pain, defined as pain on most days for \>6 weeks
- Triage pain score \>6 out of 10
- OR
- Age 18-89 years
- Currently experience crisis, including suicidality, or
- Meet the standard of a provider assessment of "severe stress" defined by their identification that the patient meets a score of greater than six on the FACES stress scale
- Providers
- • Faculty, residents, advanced practitioners, and nurses who work in the ED and identify themselves as being the nurse or physician of record for the enrolled patients.
- Therapy Dog Handlers
- • Handler of a certified therapy dog and volunteer of Eskenazi's Therapy Dog Program
Exclusion
- Patients
- Violent behavior
- Overt intoxication
- Non-English speaking
- Any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs
- Providers
- • Any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs
- Therapy Dog Handlers
- • None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04287452
Start Date
March 1 2022
End Date
December 31 2022
Last Update
July 20 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Eskenazi Health System
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202