| Titre : | Canine-Assisted Intervention Effects on the Well-Being of Health Science Graduate Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Christine Kivlen ; Kristin Winston ; Dana Mills ; Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller ; Rick Davenport ; John-Tyler Binfet |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of occupational therapy (Vol. 76, n° 6, Novembre-Décembre 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 1-8 |
| Note générale : | 10.5014/ajot.2022.049508 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Accompagnement psychosocial ; Chien ; Chien d'assistance ; Étudiants ; Psychologie ; Qualité de vie ; Réadaptation psychiatrique ; Santé mentale ; Stress ; Thérapie assistée par l'animal |
| Résumé : | Importance: The mental health crisis among college graduate students requires cost-effective interventions to support the increasing number of students experiencing negative mental health symptoms. Objective: To assess the effects of a canine-assisted intervention (CAI) on student well-being, including quality of life (QOL), stress, anxiety, occupational performance, and adjustment to the graduate college student role. Design: Random assignment to a treatment or control group. Setting: College campus. Participants: A total of 104 college student participants were randomly assigned to either the treatment (n = 53) or control (n = 51) condition. Intervention: Treatment consisted of 35-min weekly sessions over 6 wk. Outcomes and Measures: QOL, stress, anxiety, and occupational role. Results: An analysis of covariance revealed that, compared with participants in the control condition, participants who interacted with therapy dogs had significantly higher self-reports of QOL (p <.001 and decreased anxiety scores within-subject paired t tests confirmed significant stress reductions for participants in the treatment condition no differences self-reports of occupational performance or adjustment to graduate college student role were found. conclusions relevance: these findings add body literature attesting efficacy cais supporting well-being optimizing learning conditions. moreover this study demonstrated that students a professional program responded favorably spending time with therapy dogs. implications university mental health programming are discussed. what article adds: cai may be valuable tool young adults experiencing challenges such as qol. show canine-assisted intervention is including quality life anxiety.> |
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