Laboratory of Epidemiology Research and Social Determinants of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratory of Epidemiology Research and Social Determinants of Health, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 May;43:101347. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101347. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
Animal assisted interventions (AAI) have been used in different contexts including oncology/palliative care and can improve mood, quality of life and wellness. The goal of this review was to evaluate studies about AAI and its effects on oncological/palliative care patients.
The search was conducted on PubMed, Scopus and Lilacs databases. The inclusion criteria were original articles that measured quantitatively the health-related outcomes of an AAI on oncological/palliative care patients.
Ten studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Benefits related to the AAI were described. Mood, pain perception and quality of life seemed to be the variables that had improvement with the intervention. Due to the small sample sizes/heterogeneous methodologies, additional analyses could not be performed.
AAI can be an important tool for improving psychosocial/physiological parameters in cancer/palliative care patients. Further well designed studies are needed to provide a better knowledge of the AAI benefits in this setting.
动物辅助干预(AAI)已在不同的环境中使用,包括肿瘤学/姑息治疗,并可以改善情绪、生活质量和健康。本研究的目的是评估关于 AAI 及其对肿瘤学/姑息治疗患者影响的研究。
在 PubMed、Scopus 和 Lilacs 数据库中进行了检索。纳入标准为定量测量 AAI 对肿瘤学/姑息治疗患者健康相关结局的原始文章。
有 10 项研究符合纳入标准。描述了与 AAI 相关的益处。情绪、疼痛感知和生活质量似乎是干预后改善的变量。由于样本量小/方法学异质性,无法进行进一步的分析。
AAI 可以成为改善癌症/姑息治疗患者心理社会/生理参数的重要工具。需要进一步设计良好的研究来更好地了解 AAI 在这一环境中的益处。