Impact of Facility Dog Intervention on Pediatric Patients

Официальное название

Investigating the Impact of Facility Dog Intervention on Pediatric Patient Fear, Coping, and Anxiety During Inpatient Admission

Обзор

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if medical dog intervention facilitated by a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) impacts pediatric patient coping, fear, and anxiety during inpatient admissions. The main questions it aims to answer are: What impact does facility dog support via a CCLS have on patient fear, coping, and anxiety? What effect does facility dog support via a CCLS have on patient heart rate? Researchers will compare medical dog intervention facilitated by a CCLS, CCLS intervention, and a coloring activity to see if medical dog interventions positively impact coping, fear, and anxiety. Participants will: Receive a visit from a medical dog and their CCLS handler, a CCLS, or a Child Life Activity coordinator. Engage in a mindfulness or coloring activity. Answer surveys regarding anxiety, coping, and fear. Have their heart rate measured before, during, and after their assigned intervention.

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое Coloring page activity led by CLAC
  Participants will be provided coloring pages and colored pencils or crayons led by a Child Life Activity Coordinator, and will engage in the activity for 15 minutes.
• Поведенческое Mindfulness Activity led by CCLS
  Participants will engage in a 10 minute mindfulness activity led by a Certified Child Life Specialist who will follow a mindfulness script. Participants will hold a stress ball during the activity.
• Поведенческое Mindfulness Activity led by CCLS and Facility Dog
  Participants will engage in a 10 minute mindfulness activity led by a Certified Child Life Specialist who will follow a mindfulness script. Participants will be able to be next to and touch the medical dog during the activity.

Первичные конечные точки

• Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory Short Form [Срок оценки: Baseline and approximately 15 minutes after starting the intervention.]
• Children's Fear Scale [Срок оценки: Baseline and approximately 15 minutes after starting the intervention.]
• Coping Questionnaire - Child [Срок оценки: Approximately 15 minutes after starting the intervention.]

Вторичные конечные точки (2)

• Heart Rate [Срок оценки: Baseline, before the intervention, 5 minutes after intervention start, post-intervention (approximately 15 minutes after intervention start).]
• Parent Survey [Срок оценки: Before the intervention.]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Children admitted to an inpatient unit at Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Who are eight to 17 years old.

Критерии исключения

• Isolation precautions
• Primary reason for admission is due to suicidality, self-injurious behavior, or injurious behavior
• Patients with history of or currently presenting with aggression or unsafe behavior
• Severe comorbidities secondary to traumatic brain injury, neurological disorder or neurodevelopmental issues that may confound study outcomes and administration of the study protocol (e.g., intellectual disability)
• Not medically stable
• Have a fear of dogs
• Have an allergy to dogs
• Have had a visit from a medical dog and medical dog handler during their current admission
• Patient has an urgent or time-sensitive need requiring medical dog support - Patient is non-verbal.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Открытое

Основная цель

Поддерживающая терапия

Центры проведения

США · 1 центр

• Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07221006 · 25-1381

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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