Canine Assisted Therapy to Reduce Emergency Care Provider Stress
| Status: | Enrolling by invitation |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Anxiety, Anxiety, Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 10/27/2018 |
| Start Date: | May 17, 2018 |
| End Date: | May 17, 2020 |
The main study hypothesis is that emergency healthcare workers on shift who interact for 5
min with a therapy dog and handler will have lower perceived and manifested stress response
compared with use of a time out that includes voluntary use of a coloring mandalas. The work
will also address two exploratory hypotheses: The first is that salivary cortisol will
correlate significantly with perceived stress and will increase from beginning to end of
shift, and that exposure to a therapy dog will blunt this increase. The second exploratory
hypothesis states that participants who interact with a therapy dog will display more
empathic behaviors.
min with a therapy dog and handler will have lower perceived and manifested stress response
compared with use of a time out that includes voluntary use of a coloring mandalas. The work
will also address two exploratory hypotheses: The first is that salivary cortisol will
correlate significantly with perceived stress and will increase from beginning to end of
shift, and that exposure to a therapy dog will blunt this increase. The second exploratory
hypothesis states that participants who interact with a therapy dog will display more
empathic behaviors.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Inclusion criteria require that participants work full time as either a nurse or
physician in the Eskenazi emergency department and are willing to consent to
participation.
- Participants will include residents, faculty and nurses who work in the emergency
department
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exclusions include any reported prior fear or adverse reaction to dogs
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