Quantifying the Efficacy and Role of Service Dogs for Military Veterans With PTSD
| Status: | Enrolling by invitation |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/22/2019 |
| Start Date: | July 1, 2017 |
| End Date: | March 2020 |
The purpose of this study is to quantify the therapeutic efficacy and role of trained service
dogs on socio-emotional functioning among military veterans with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD).
dogs on socio-emotional functioning among military veterans with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD).
The long-term research goal is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of service dogs as a
complementary intervention to enhance biopsychosocial functioning in special populations. The
objective is to conduct a methodologically rigorous trial to quantify the therapeutic
efficacy of service dogs on clinically-important outcomes for veterans with PTSD. Based on
preliminary findings and qualitative reports, the central hypothesis is that military
veterans with PTSD who are provided service dogs will experience reduced PTSD symptoms
related to socio-emotional functioning and arousal modulation. The rationale for this
research is that its successful completion will provide an evidence-based demonstration of
the efficacy and role of an increasingly used yet poorly tested complementary intervention.
The completion of this project is expected to established an initial demonstration of the
therapeutic efficacy of service dogs in this population, as well as possible mechanisms of
action via specific biological pathways and human-canine interaction profiles.
complementary intervention to enhance biopsychosocial functioning in special populations. The
objective is to conduct a methodologically rigorous trial to quantify the therapeutic
efficacy of service dogs on clinically-important outcomes for veterans with PTSD. Based on
preliminary findings and qualitative reports, the central hypothesis is that military
veterans with PTSD who are provided service dogs will experience reduced PTSD symptoms
related to socio-emotional functioning and arousal modulation. The rationale for this
research is that its successful completion will provide an evidence-based demonstration of
the efficacy and role of an increasingly used yet poorly tested complementary intervention.
The completion of this project is expected to established an initial demonstration of the
therapeutic efficacy of service dogs in this population, as well as possible mechanisms of
action via specific biological pathways and human-canine interaction profiles.
Inclusion criteria for veterans into the study will include:
- Applied for and approved to receive a dog from K9s For Warriors
- Military service on or after September 11, 2001
- Honorable discharge or current honorable service
- Diagnosis of PTSD
- No conviction of any crimes against animals.
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