Pet-Therapy: A Trial for Institutionalized Frail Elderly Patients

Stasi, M; Amati, Dario; Costa, Carlos Maurício de Castro; Resta, Darielli Gindri; Senepa, G.; Scarafioiti, C.; Aimonino, N.; Molaschi, M

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.052

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“…Animal interventions have been studied for different pathologies including mental disorders [4] and cancer [5]. In particular, some interventions focused on frail patients as elderly [6,7] or children [5,8]. Furthermore, AAT and AAA are implemented in different settings like hospitals, nursing homes and schools [4,5].…”

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Animal assisted intervention: A systematic review of benefits and risks

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Gualano²,

Camussi³

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European Journal of Integrative Medicine

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Animal assisted intervention: A systematic review of benefits and risks

Bert¹,

Gualano²,

Camussi³

et al. 2016

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

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“…Finally, 'pet therapy' research has indicated that interaction with pets reduced depressive symptoms and also lowered blood pressure (Stasi et al, 2004). 1 We now review previous studies which did have a longitudinal design.…”

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Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results

2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL RESULTS AbstractThe German and Australian longitudinal surveys analysed here are the first national representative surveys to show that (1) people who continuously own a pet are the healthiest group and (2) people who cease to have a pet or never had one are less healthy. Most previous studies which have claimed that pets confer health benefits were cross-sectional. So they were open to the objection that owners may have been healthier in the first place, rather than becoming healthier due to owning a pet. In both countries the data show that pet owners make about 15% fewer annual doctor visits than non-owners. The relationship remains statistically significant after controlling for gender, age, marital status, income and other variables associated with health.

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“…In fact, simply being in a room with a friendly dog also reduced stress. More generally, research on the effects of 'pet therapy' has indicated that interaction with pets reduces depressive symptoms and lowers blood pressure (Allen and Blascovich 1991;Allen et al 2002;Stasi et al 2004).…”

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