Impact of Canine Mediation Practice in Psychomotor Therapy on Improving the Quality of Life in Adult Epileptic Patients.
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: canine mediation, standard psychomotor therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Epilepsy. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
In addition to the search for new pharmaceutical or surgical solutions that could improve the therapeutic management of epileptic individuals, it is interesting to ask whether other complementary approaches, such as canine mediation in psychomotor therapy, could enhance the quality of life in this population. However, there is currently no evidence indicating that exposure to animals through mediation sessions would be beneficial for epileptic individuals, particularly regarding their quality of life, anxiety, emotional management, or cognition (such as social cognition). In the absence of current data in this population, it seems pertinent to study the impact of this practice on people with epilepsy. Furthermore, beyond quality of life, it would be valuable to examine whether it also influences anxiety or the frequency of seizures in individuals with epilepsy (a phenomenon reported for epileptic individuals living with a pet dog or a service dog). Canine mediation could help better manage and regulate the emotions of epileptic individuals, as well as improve their self-esteem.
Interventions
- Other canine mediation
Animal mediation consists of bringing an animal into contact with a specific audience to improve the mental or physical health of a person. The dog and beneficiaries interact through various activities, in which the animal participates, offered during the sessions. The dog plays a particularly important role as a mediator through the bonds it forms with the human, as well as a non-judgmental partner in interaction. The canine educator will be accompanied by a healthcare professional during inte - Other standard psychomotor therapy
standard sessions of psychomotor therapy
Primary outcome measures
- Improvement of quality of life [Time frame: Day 0 and Day 7 after the end of the 10 sessions]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Person aged ≥ 18 years
- Presenting pharmacoresistant epilepsy according to the criteria of the International League Against Epilepsy
- Requiring psychomotor therapy sessions for one of the following indications:
Difficult emotional and relational management And/or global motor difficulties And/or body schema organization disorder And/or temporo-spatial disorder
- Explicit consent or no opposition to participation in the study by the patient and/or their legal representative or guardian
- Image rights consented by the patient and their legal representative or guardian, if applicable
- Hospitalization or residence at the Teppe Institute or at the FAM (Foyer d'Accueil Médicalisé) des 4 Jardins planned for at least 3 months
- Affiliated with or a beneficiary of a social security scheme
Exclusion criteria
- Fear or phobia of dogs
- Epileptic person benefiting from a legal protection measure other than guardianship or curatorship
- Person with insufficient cognitive abilities to respond to the questionnaires
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06898749 · NMR_2024_8