Briones María Ángeles, Pardo-García Isabel, Escribano-Sotos Francisco
Sociosanitary Research Center, Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM), Cuenca, Spain.
School of Economics and Business Administration, Sociosanitary Research Center, Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM), Albacete, Spain.
Clin Nurs Res. 2021 Jan;30(1):89-97. doi: 10.1177/1054773819867250. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a dog-assisted therapy intervention to enhance quality of life in persons with dementia institutionalized in a public care home and to study its effect on the use of psychotropic medications. A dog-assisted therapy intervention was designed, in which 34 residents of a public care home in Cuenca (Spain) participated. The participants were assigned to two groups, an experimental and a control group. The program consisted of one 50-min session per week during 9 months. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to compare post-training values between groups, using baseline values as covariates. Our findings do seem to support the hypothesis that Animal-Assisted Therapy may contribute to enhancing quality of life for residents in an aged care home. However, aspects such as the format, time, and content of the sessions as well as their possibilities of reducing psychotropic medication require more research.
本研究的目的是评估犬辅助治疗干预措施对提高入住公立养老院的痴呆症患者生活质量的有效性，并研究其对精神药物使用的影响。设计了一项犬辅助治疗干预措施，西班牙昆卡一家公立养老院的34名居民参与其中。参与者被分为两组，即实验组和对照组。该项目包括在9个月内每周进行一次50分钟的课程。使用协方差分析（ANCOVA）来比较两组之间的训练后值，并将基线值用作协变量。我们的研究结果似乎确实支持动物辅助治疗可能有助于提高老年护理院居民生活质量这一假设。然而，课程的形式、时间、内容以及减少精神药物使用的可能性等方面需要更多的研究。
