Canine-assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency

Anxiety Clinical Trial

— CANINE  

Official title:

Canine-assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03471429
• Other study ID #: CANINE
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 21, 2017
• Est. completion date: April 4, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Indiana University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if dogs can reduce the anxiety level of patients in the emergency department.

Description:

Patients will score their pain, anxiety, and depression. A dog will then come into the patient's room for approximately 15 minutes after which the patient will score his/her pain, anxiety, and depression again.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: April 4, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 4, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Research staff will screen for inclusion criterion by asking the care providers if they agree with this statement, "I believe this patient is experiencing moderate or greater anxiety".

Exclusion Criteria:

• Extreme intoxication, agitation that precludes conversation with the patient, fear of dogs, dog bite, allergy to dogs.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Indiana University	Indianapolis	Indiana

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Indiana University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety reduction from Scale	reduction in anxiety score (0-10). 0=balanced mood (least anxiety) 2= slight fear and worry 4=mild fear and worry 6= moderate worry, physical agitation 8=Feeling really bad, at the edge 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (worst anxiety)	30 mins
Secondary	Pain reduction from Wong Baker faces scale	reduction in pain score (0-10). 0=no hurt (least pain) 2= Hurts little bit 4= Hurts little more 6= Hurts even more 8= Hurts whole lot 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (hurts worst)	30 mins
Secondary	Depression reduction from scale	reduction in depression score (0-10). 0= Balanced mood (least depressed) 2= Slightly depressed 4= Mildly depressed 6= Definite malaise 8= Feeling reall bad, at the edge 10=Despair, suicidal feelings (worst depressed)	30 mins