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    The effect of animal-assisted therapy on children's stress during hospitalization

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    Author
    Tsai, Chia-Chun
    Advisor
    Friedmann, Erika
    Date
    2007
    Type
    dissertation
    
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    Abstract
    Hospitalization is a major stressful experience for children. The stress associated with hospitalization of children may lead to physiological and psychological sequelae resulting from adverse stress. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) has been used to alleviate the stress of hospitalization and health care experiences. Although AAT frequently is used with hospitalized children, little scientific evidence evaluates the use of AAT with hospitalized children. This study examines the effects of AAT on physiological (blood pressure, heart rate, and salivary cortisol) and psychological [Child Medical Fear Scale (CMFS) and State Anxiety Scale (SAS)] responses in hospitalized children. A quasi-experimental repeated measures study was conducted in pediatric settings. Children (8 girls, 7 boys, aged 7 to 17 years) participated in AAT and person visits (PV) on two consecutive days; they were assigned to AAT (n = 9) or person (n = 6) visits first. Children's systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressures and heart rates (HR) were measured 9 times, 3 pre-, during, and post-each visit. Salivary cortisol samples were collected pre- and 20 minutes post-visits; CMFS and SAS scales were collected post-visits. Repeated measures ANOVAs, t-tests, and correlation/regression were used for data analysis. Girls tended to have lower CMFS than boys post-PV (p < .10); gender did not differ in CMFS post-AAT and SAS post-visits. Previous hospitalization was not related to CMFS or SAS. Older children had a lower CMFS post-visits (p < .05), and tended to have lower SAS post-AAT (p < .10). Age was related negatively to CM FS (p <.05) but not SAS. SBP responses depended on visit order. In the PV first group. SBP decreased from pre- to post-AAT (p < .05), and did not change from pre- to post-PV. SBP did not change in the AAT first group. Changes in DBP were not parallel for AAT and PVs. DBP did not change from pre- to post-AAT and increased from pre- to post-PVs (p < .05). Visit type didn't affect HR. After AAT CMFS tended to be higher than after the PV (p < .10). This study indicates that AM can decrease physiological arousal for hospitalized children and suggests that AAT may be useful in health care settings to play a part in decreasing hospitalized children's stress.
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    University of Maryland, Baltimore. Nursing. Ph.D. 2007
    Keyword
    Animal Assisted Therapy
    Child, Hospitalized
    Stress, Physiological
    Stress, Psychological
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/1020
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