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WITHDRAWN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

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Eskenazi Health System

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202