Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. G.D. Pol Foundation, Y.M.T. Dental College and Research Institute, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2018 Jul;28(4):373-379. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12362. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
To evaluate the parents' acceptance to therapy pets, child's most favoured pet, child's choice of soft toy as compared to live pet, and child's preference of his own pet versus therapy pet.
Sixty-two children of age groups 3-6 year, 6-9 year, and 9-12 year were selected. The data from completed questionnaires were statistically analysed and subjected to z test, Chi-squared test with P value<0.05 considered as significant.
The consent to the presence of pet was given by 41.47% parents of 9- to 12-year-old children, 34.15% parents of 6- to 9-year-old children and 24.39% parents of 3- to 6-year-old children. Children who chose dog as their preferred pet were 56.7%; those who chose cat as their preferred pet were 44%. A majority of 3-to 6-year-olds (63.15%) had dog & cat as their choice, while 6- to 9-year-olds (65.21%) & 9- to 12-year-olds (40%) preferred dogs over all others. Dog was the favourite pet of 46.8% children. More percentage of children wanted pet provided by clinic.
Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) can prove to be a good behaviour management technique if more parents are made aware and informed about AAT; dog is one of the highly recommended pets for AAT, and therapy pet should be preferred over home pet.
评估父母对治疗宠物的接受程度、孩子最喜欢的宠物、孩子对活体宠物与软玩具宠物的选择偏好，以及孩子对自己的宠物与治疗宠物的偏好。
选择了 3-6 岁、6-9 岁和 9-12 岁的 62 名儿童。对完成的问卷数据进行了统计分析，并进行了 z 检验、卡方检验，P 值<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
9-12 岁儿童的父母中，有 41.47%同意宠物的存在；6-9 岁儿童的父母中，有 34.15%同意；3-6 岁儿童的父母中，有 24.39%同意。选择狗作为他们最喜欢的宠物的孩子占 56.7%；选择猫的孩子占 44%。大多数 3-6 岁的孩子（63.15%）选择狗和猫，而 6-9 岁的孩子（65.21%）和 9-12 岁的孩子（40%）更喜欢狗。狗是 46.8%孩子的最喜欢的宠物。更多的孩子希望诊所提供宠物。
如果让更多的父母了解和了解动物辅助治疗（AAT），那么 AAT 可以证明是一种很好的行为管理技术；狗是 AAT 中推荐的宠物之一，治疗宠物应该优先于家庭宠物。
