Status:
RECRUITING
Canine-assisted Psychotherapy Motivation Alliance
Lead Sponsor:
University of Basel
Conditions:
Motivation
Alliance, Therapeutic
Eligibility:
All Genders
9-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to investigate the needed extent and the way a dog is integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions for them to be motivating and alliance building for children and adolescen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for children and adolescents: :
- Age between 9 and 17 years
- Children are seeing the therapist for the first time
- Basic knowledge of child and parents in either German or English to be able to fill in questionnaires
- Informed consent given by legal guardian
- Positive or neutral attitude towards dogs
- Exclusion Criteria for children and adolescents: :
- acute psychosis; early childhood autism
- diagnosed developmental disorder or intellectual delay; if not diagnosed, exclusion when questionnaires cannot be completed due to development level
- fear of dogs
- allergic reactions to dogs
- reported aggressive behavior towards animals in the past
- Inclusion criteria for therapists:
- working with an own therapy dog
- completed therapy training or if not completed far advanced therapy training under supervision
- working with children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 years
- Exclusion criteria for therapists:
- not working with an own therapy dog
- no completed or far advanced therapy training
- not working with children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 years
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05384808
Start Date
June 1 2022
End Date
December 31 2028
Last Update
July 18 2024
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland