Status:

UNKNOWN

Animal-Assisted Therapy in Patients With Schizophrenia

Lead Sponsor:

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Animal-assisted Therapy

Eligibility:

All Genders

40+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) can be helpful to improve the psychiatric, emotional, physical,and social status in patients with physical and mental illness and the elderly. The study aims to investig...

Detailed Description

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) can be helpful to improve the outcomes of psychiatric and emotional symptoms, physical activeness, social skills, well-beings in patients with physical and mental illness...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Having a diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the DSM-5.
  • Adult aged 40 years or older.
  • Having stable physical and psychological health conditions based on master clinician judgment.
  • Having the will to participate in the study after thorough comprehension of the content.
  • Not receiving treatment protocol last half a year.

Exclusion

  • Severe cognitive impairment e.g. aphasia, being unable to follow 3 or more orders.
  • Being allergic to animals.
  • History of Asthma.
  • Coagulation disorders
  • presenting symptoms of specific phobia, anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder in context of dog, infection and contamination.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04476836

Start Date

August 1 2020

End Date

December 1 2020

Last Update

July 20 2020

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 833