Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs

Diabetes Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03270592
• Other study ID #: Dnr 157-09
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 31, 2017
• Last updated: September 1, 2017
• Start date: September 17, 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2, 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: Linkoeping University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.

Description:

This is an exploratory before and after study with the aim to study how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog. Data was collected before the education of the dog started and the follow-up was made three months after completion of the education. Data was collected on Health care consumption and outcomes in terms Health related quality of life and Health outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: July 2, 2014
• Est. primary completion date: July 2, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age over 16 years

• Having a regular companion dog

• Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychiatric illness

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Impairment

Intervention

Other:
• Service dog
Use of a individualized certified service dog

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Linkoeping University	Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Total costs	Health care costs, cost of informal care, municipal costs	Three months follow-up
Primary	Health related quality of life, EQ-5D	EQ-5D is a generic quality of life instrument including five dimensions	Tree months follow-up
Secondary	Cost-effectiveness	Cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY)	Life time perspective
Secondary	Health related quality of life, RAND-36	RAND-36 is a generic quality of life instrument including eight dimensions	Three months follow-up
Secondary	WHO-5 wellbeing index	WHO-5 wellbeing index is an index measuring wellbeing on five dimensions	Three months follow-up
Secondary	Rosenberg self-esteem scale	Rosenberg self-esteem scale measures self esteem with ten questions	Three month follow-up
Secondary	EQ-VAS	EQ-VAS is a Visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (perfect Health)	Three months follow-up