Canine-Assisted Anxiety Reduction In Emergency Care

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Opioid Use, Children, Therapy Dog

In brief

Compare the effect of a single exposure to a therapy dog and handler within the pediatric emergency department patient with anxiety by measuring the change in patient perception of anxiety before and after dog exposure using the FACES scale. We will also measure galvanic skin response (resistance to electrical current).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03784573

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

80

Starts

2019-01-07

Expected to finish

2024-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-17

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 4-17 years old;
• Physician or nurse with primary care responsibilities believes that the patients has a moderate to high level of anxiety

You may not qualify if…

• violent behavior and any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs in the dog intervention group.

Where it is running

• IU Health Riley Children's Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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