Dog-Assisted Therapy for Children and Adolescents With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
| Autor: | Raquel Vidal, Laura Vidal, Francesc Ristol, Eva Domènec, Marta Segú, Cristina Vico, Núria Gomez-Barros, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty dog-assisted therapy medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:BF1-990 Animal-assisted therapy CBCL Fetal alcohol Human-animal interactions Social skills mental disorders animal-assisted therapy medicine Psychology psychosocial treatments Assisted therapy General Psychology Psychosocial treatments FASD human-animal interactions Clinical Trial Clinical trial lcsh:Psychology Adjunctive treatment Cohort Dog-assisted therapy |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 11 (2020) Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | Altres ajuts: Fundació Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron 10.13039/501100012093 The rationale of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dog-assisted therapy (DAT) combined with pharmacological treatment in children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). We conducted a randomized, rater-blinded, controlled pilot trial in a cohort of 33 children and adolescents with FASD. Participants were randomly assigned either to DAT group (n = 17) or Treatment as Usual (TAU control group) (n = 16). Of the initial 39 participants enrolled, 33 completed treatment. A mixed-effects model analysis revealed that participants who were assigned to the DAT group experienced significantly improvements on social skills (SSIS-P social skills: p = 0.02, d = 0.8), reductions on externalizing symptoms (CBCL externalizing: p = 0.03; d = 0.56), and lower scores on FASD severity (CGI-S clinician: p = 0.001, d = 0.5). DAT is a promising adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with FASD. Dog-assisted therapy for children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled pilot study; , identifier NCT04038164. |
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