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| Name | Class |
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| Rehab Basel | OTHER |
| University of Basel | OTHER |
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The aim of this study is to investigate weather patients treated with animal-assisted therapy show better socioemotional skills compared to treatment as usual.
70 patients will be allocated randomly to one of two groups (control group and intervention group). During 6 weeks, all patients get two therapy sessions (AAT vs. TAU) per week. The 35 patients in the control group will get treatment as usual (TAU) in speech therapy, occupational therapy or physiotherapy twice a week whereas the 35 patients in the intervention group will get the same therapies but there will be an animal included in the therapy sessions.
The main outcome is the amount of expressed emotion and interaction in a standardized social situation measured via behavioral video coding.
Measurements will be done before the first therapy session (pre-measurement, t0) and after the last therapy session (post-measurement, t1) of the 6 weeks of intervention. The follow-up measurement will be done 6 weeks (follow-up I, t2) and 12 weeks later (follow-up II, t3).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Animal-assisted therapy | Experimental | The intervention is animal-assisted occupational therapy, animal-assisted physiotherapy or animal assisted speech therapy with different animals. All animals are trained for the specific service with vulnerable patients. There are guinea pigs, rabbits, miniature pigs, sheeps, goats, chicken, dogs, cats and horses. |
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| Treatment as usual (activation program) | Active Comparator | As control intervention patients receive treatment as usual (TAU) in speech therapy, occupational therapy or physiotherapy. The control intervention is named activation program. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Animal-assisted therapy | Other | Animal-assisted occupational therapy, animal-assisted physiotherapy and animal assisted speech therapy with different animals. All animals are trained for the specific service with vulnerable patients. There are guinea pigs, rabbits, miniature pigs, sheeps, goats, chicken, dogs, cats and horses. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| socioemotional behaviour | The amount of expressed emotion andsocial interaction in a standardized social situation measured via behavioral video coding. | 18 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Social cognition | Measured via the "Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition" MASC, Movie for the assessment of social cognition The MASC is a video based test, where 46 questions need to be answered. Correct answer = 1 point, incorrect answer = 0 point. The more questions are answered correctly the merrier the results are. Each question has four answer options. Each option has its own signification: a) correct ToM, b) exceeding ToM, c) less ToM, d) no ToM
Overall score range 0-46. The higher the score, the higher the capability of theory of mind (ToM). There is a rage of 30-39 right answered questions in healthy populations. |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| REHAB Basel | Basel | Canton of Basel-City | 4055 | Switzerland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001930 | Brain Injuries |
| ID | Term |
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| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D006259 | Craniocerebral Trauma |
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| ID | Term |
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| D056447 | Animal Assisted Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| ID | Term |
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| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
| D005791 | Patient Care |
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| Treatment as usual | Other | Speech therapy, occupational therapy or physiotherapy |
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| 18 weeks |
| Therapy motivation | Measured with the questionnaire FPTM FPTM: Fragebogen zur Erfassung der Psychotherapiemotivation. Questionnaire measuring psychotherapy motivation with 39 items and 6 subscales:
Each question needs to be ranged from 1 to 4, high number mean higher motivation:
Overall score range 39-156. | 18 weeks |
| Quality of life score | Measured via the WHOQL-BREF WHOQL_BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire about quality of life with 26 questions and four subscales:
Each question needs to be ranged from 1 to 5, high number mean higher quality of life.
Overall score range 26-130. | 18 weeks |
| Depression | Measured via the BDI-FS BDI-FS, Beck Depressions-Inventar Fast Screening Questionnaire with 7 questions about negative feelings who need to be ranged from 0-3. High number mean higher rates in depression. 0 = don't agree
Overall score range 0-21. | 18 weeks |
| Adherence to treatnemt | Percentage of completed therapy sessions | 6 weeks |
| D020196 | Trauma, Nervous System |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |
| D026741 |
| Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
| D006296 | Health Services |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |