The Relationship Between Pet Therapy and "Well-being" in Geriatric Rehabilitation In-patients

Meir Medical Center30 enrolled

Overview

In -patients in a geriatric rehabilitation unit, will participate in structured therapy with guinea-pigs on the assumption that the therapy will reduce anxiety and improve the outcome of their rehabilitation.

Measurement of anxiety before and after pet therapy using standardized questionaire.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cerebrovascular Accident Hip Fracture

Interventions

care of guinea pigsBEHAVIORAL

twice weekly sessions of care with guinea pigs

guinea pigsBEHAVIORAL

twice weekly pet therapy and twice weekly "usual " occupational therapy

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: willingness to touch the pets,- Exclusion Criteria: blindness,deafness,aphasia, lack of knowledge of hebrew language,allergy or phobia to animals.MMSE less than 21,duration of admission lessthan two weeks.-

Locations (1)

Geriatric Department ,Meir Hospital

Kfar Saba, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The relationship between pet-therapy and "well-being"among geriatric rehabilitation in-patients

use of validated questionaires to measure mood,anxiety and quality of life before and after the pet therapy

Time frame: two weeks

Secondary Outcomes

anxiety score

Time frame: two weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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