Anxiety Clinical Trial
Official title:
Shelter Cat Adoption in Families of Children With Autism: Impact on Cat Stress and Children's Social Skills and Anxiety ("Feline Friends")
NCT number | NCT03625297 |
Other study ID # | 2008460 |
Secondary ID | |
Status | Completed |
Phase | N/A |
First received | |
Last updated | |
Start date | June 23, 2017 |
Est. completion date | October 1, 2019 |
Verified date | October 2020 |
Source | University of Missouri-Columbia |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The overall purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the introduction of a shelter cat into the family of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder on the social skills and anxiety of the child, and to examine stress in the cat.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 11 |
Est. completion date | October 1, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | October 1, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 6 Years to 17 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - child with diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder - no cat currently living with the family - willingness to adopt a shelter cat - English speaking - live within 125 miles of Columbia, Missouri Exclusion Criteria: - child with Autism Spectrum Disorder having any history of animal aggression - children with cat allergies |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | University of Missouri | Columbia | Missouri |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Missouri-Columbia | Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), Winn Feline Foundation |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in Social Skills of child with autism over time from baseline to 6, to 12 and to 18 weeks | Social skills measured using the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scale (SSiS-RS) with scores from 0-138. | Control: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks Treatment: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks | |
Primary | Change in Anxiety of child with autism over time from baseline to 6, to 12 and to 18 weeks | Anxiety measured using the Screen for Child Related Anxiety Disorders (SCARED) with scores from 0-82. | Control: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks Treatment: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks | |
Secondary | change in parent Human-animal Bonding over time from 2-3 days, to 6, to 12 and 18 weeks | bonding of parent and cat using Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale with scores from 0-54. | Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks Treatment: Baseline, 2-3 days, 6, 12 and 18 weeks | |
Secondary | change in child Human-animal Bonding over time from 2-3 days, to 6, to 12 and 18 weeks | bonding of child with autism and cat using the Companion Animal Bonding Scale with scores from 8-40 | Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 weeks Treatment: Baseline, 2-3 days, 6, 12 and 18 weeks |
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