University of California, Irvine, USA
University of California, Irvine, USA.
J Atten Disord. 2015 Feb;19(2):125-37. doi: 10.1177/1087054713502080. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
The objective of this study was to provide preliminary findings from an ongoing randomized clinical trial using a canine-assisted intervention (CAI) for 24 children with ADHD.
Project Positive Assertive Cooperative Kids (P.A.C.K.) was designed to study a 12-week cognitive-behavioral intervention delivered with or without CAI. Children were randomly assigned to group therapy with or without CAI. Parents of children in both groups simultaneously participated in weekly parent group therapy sessions.
Across both treatment groups, parents reported improvements in children's social skills, prosocial behaviors, and problematic behaviors. In both groups, the severity of ADHD symptoms declined during the course of treatment; however, children who received the CAI model exhibited greater reductions in the severity of ADHD symptoms than did children who received cognitive-behavioral therapy without CAI.
Results suggest that CAI offers a novel therapeutic strategy that may enhance cognitive-behavioral interventions for children with ADHD.
本研究旨在提供一项正在进行的随机临床试验的初步结果,该试验使用犬辅助干预(CAI)治疗 24 名患有 ADHD 的儿童。
“积极自信合作儿童”(P.A.C.K.)项目旨在研究为期 12 周的认知行为干预,该干预可单独使用或与 CAI 一起使用。将儿童随机分配到有或没有 CAI 的小组治疗中。两组儿童的父母同时参加每周一次的父母小组治疗课程。
在两个治疗组中,父母都报告说孩子的社交技能、亲社会行为和问题行为有所改善。在两个组中,ADHD 症状的严重程度在治疗过程中都有所下降;然而,接受 CAI 模式的儿童比接受没有 CAI 的认知行为疗法的儿童,ADHD 症状的严重程度下降更大。
结果表明,CAI 提供了一种新的治疗策略,可能增强针对 ADHD 儿童的认知行为干预。