Status:
COMPLETED
Combining Animal-assisted Intervention and Placebo-induced Analgesia
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Collaborating Sponsors:
Dr. phil. Karin Hediger, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Conditions:
Pain
Therapeutic Alliance
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
An increased interest of animal-assisted interventions (AAI) can be observed within clinical practice, even though it is still not entirely clear how the presence of an animal contributes to the outco...
Detailed Description
A growing body of literature suggests that animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have important clinical effects on humans, e.g. decreased physiological stress, reduction of depression and anxiety sympt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Right-handedness
Exclusion
- Being scared of dogs by self-report
- dog hair allergy by self-report
- Any acute or chronic disease (chronic pain, hypertension, heart disease, renal disease, liver disease, diabetes) as well as skin pathologies, neuropathies or nerve entrapment symptoms, sensory abnormalities affecting the tactile or thermal modality
- Pregnancy
- Current medications (psychoactive medication, narcotics, intake of analgesics) or being currently in psychological or psychiatric treatment
- Insufficient German language skills to understand the instructions
- Previous participation in studies using pain assessment with Peltier Devices
- Current or regular drug consumption (THC, cocaine, heroin, etc.)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 15 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
128 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04361968
Start Date
June 15 2020
End Date
November 30 2020
Last Update
December 17 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland, 4055