Scorzato Ivano, Zaninotto Leonardo, Romano Michela, Menardi Chiara, Cavedon Lino, Pegoraro Alessandra, Socche Laura, Zanetti Piera, Coppiello Deborah
Ivano Scorzato, Center for Pet Therapy, Local Sanitary Unit n. 7 - Pedemontana, Vicenza, Italy; Leonardo Zaninotto, Department of Mental Health, Local Sanitary Unit n. 6 - Euganea, Padova, Italy; Michela Romano, Chiara Menardi, Lino Cavedon, Alessandra Pegoraro, Laura Socche, Piera Zanetti, and Deborah Coppiello, Center for Pet Therapy, Local Sanitary Unit n. 7 - Pedemontana, Vicenza, Italy.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2017 Jun;55(3):125-139. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-55.3.125.
Thirty-nine adults with severe to profound intellectual disability (ID) were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n = 21) or a control group (n = 18). Assessment was blinded and included selected items from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), the Behavioral Assessment Battery (BAB), and the Learning Accomplishment Profile (LAP). The experimental group, who attended a dog-assisted treatment intervention over a 20-week period, showed significant improvements in several cognitive domains, including attention to movement (BAB-AM), visuomotor coordination (BAB-VM), exploratory play (BAB-EP), and motor imitation (BAB-CO-MI), as well as in some social skills, as measured by LAP items. Effects were specific to the intervention and independent of age or basic level of disability.
三十九名重度至极重度智力残疾（ID）的成年人被随机分为实验组（n = 21）或对照组（n = 18）。评估是盲法进行的，包括从《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》（ICF）、行为评估量表（BAB）和学习成就概况（LAP）中选取的项目。实验组在为期20周的时间里接受了犬辅助治疗干预，在几个认知领域表现出显著改善，包括对运动的注意力（BAB-AM）、视觉运动协调（BAB-VM）、探索性玩耍（BAB-EP）和运动模仿（BAB-CO-MI），以及通过LAP项目测量的一些社交技能。这些效果是该干预所特有的，与年龄或残疾基本水平无关。
