Canine-Assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency Care IV
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anxiety Acute, Chronic Pain
In brief
Prior literature demonstrates that human stress can be reduced with exposure to animals. This study challenges current dogma by introducing a widely available, low cost method of dog therapy to reduce patient and provider stress. The objectives of this study are to determine if interaction with a certified therapy dog and handler can; * decrease reported anxiety levels in emergency department (ED) patients, * decrease salivary cortisol in ED patients, * decrease total morphine equivalent dosing in the emergency department or at discharge and/or, * decrease reported stress levels in emergency department providers caring for participating patients when compared to usual care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04287452
- Run by
- Indiana University
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2022-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2022-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-07-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients
- Age 18-89 years
- Chronic pain, defined as pain on most days for >6 weeks
- Triage pain score >6 out of 10
- OR
- Age 18-89 years
- Currently experience crisis, including suicidality, or
- Meet the standard of a provider assessment of "severe stress" defined by their identification that the patient meets a score of greater than six on the FACES stress scale
- Providers
- Faculty, residents, advanced practitioners, and nurses who work in the ED and identify themselves as being the nurse or physician of record for the enrolled patients.
- Therapy Dog Handlers
- Handler of a certified therapy dog and volunteer of Eskenazi's Therapy Dog Program
You may not qualify if…
- Patients
- Violent behavior
- Overt intoxication
- Non-English speaking
- Any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs
- Providers
- Any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs
- Therapy Dog Handlers
- None
Where it is running
- Eskenazi Health System — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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