Multi-site Animal Assisted Intervention for Children With DD and Their Family Dog

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

— DAID  

Official title:

The Evaluation of a Multi-site Imitation Based Animal Assisted Intervention for Children With Developmental Disabilities and Their Family Dog

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04799119
• Other study ID #: IRB-2020-0816
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 4, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2027

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Oregon State University
• Contact: Megan MacDonald, PhD
• Phone: 5417373273
• Email: megan.macdonald[@]oregonstate.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study purpose is to evaluate a novel multidisciplinary approach to fostering a therapeutic partnership between the participants with developmental disabilities and the participants family dog. This will culminate in an Animal Assisted Intervention aimed at increasing activity levels, enhancing social support, and increasing feeling of responsibility and wellbeing within this population.

Description:

The goal of this proposal is to evaluate a large scale novel multidisciplinary approach to fostering atherapeutic partnership between adolescents with developmental disabilities (DD) and the participants family dog. The investigators will evaluate imitative 'Do As I Do' (DAID) training into a unique Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) aimed at increasing activity levels, enhancing social support by promoting a stronger dog-human bond, and increasing feelings of responsibility and wellbeing within this population.

The investigators propose to address the critical need for empirical evaluation of novel theoretically based multi-site animal assisted interventions through the following specific aims.

Specific Aim 1: To evaluate a novel multi-site DAID dog training intervention to promote physical activity in adolescents with developmental disabilities.

Specific Aim 2: To evaluate the impact of a multi-site DAID intervention on the adolescent's quality of life and feelings of social wellbeing.

Specific Aim 3: To evaluate the impact of a multi-site DAID intervention on the child-dog relationship and mutual wellbeing.

Participant Population: Adolescent participants with a developmental disability, between the ages of 10-17 years will be recruited through community-based programs/organizations associated with children with DDs in around our sites. A DD will be confirmed through parent report (e.g., initial recruitment conversations, and documented through the initial demographic questionnaire).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2027
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 10-17 years

• Developmental disability (per parental report)

• Possesses family dog

• Participant can follow basis instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cannot follow basic instructions.

• Non english-speakers.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity
• Social Wellbeing

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Do As I Do (DAID) dog training
Children and their family dog will participate in this dog training program.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Oregon State University	Corvallis	Oregon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical Activity	Physical activity will be measure through accelerometry.	One year
Secondary	Social well-being	Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory	One year