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Risks and benefits of animal-assisted interventions for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2023
Background Pets offer significant health benefits, from decreased cardiovascular risks to anxiety and post-traumatic stress improvements. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are not frequently practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) for fear of health
Marco Fiore, Andrea Cortegiani, Giansaverio Friolo, Francesca Frigieri Covani, Luigi Cardia, Fausto Ferraro, Daniela Alampi   +6 more
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Effect of Animal Assisted Interventions on Inmates: A Systematic Review

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2022
This study aims to examine animal-assisted interventions used in penitentiary institutions and to examine the effects of these interventions on prisoners.
Zehra Su Topbaş, Nuray Şimşek
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A Review of Studies Conducted with Animal Assisted Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the studies’ effects of the practices offered through animal assisted interventions to children with autism spectrum disorder between 2000 and 2019 in terms of demographic, methodological and results variables. In this
Damla Çetin, Selmin Çuhadar
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Recommendations for uniform terminology in animal-assisted services (AAS)

Human-Animal Interactions
Through the years, the range of services involving animals benefiting people, often described as “animal-assisted interventions” (AAIs), has been plagued with confusing and inconsistent taxonomy, terminology, and definitions. This has caused difficulties
Amy Johnson Binder, Nancy Parish-Plass, Meg Kirby, Melissa Winkle, Daniela Plesa Skwerer, Laura Ackerman, Cindy Brosig, Wendy Coombe, Esther Delisle, Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers, Jo-Ann Fowler, Laura Hey, Tiffani Howell, Michael Kaufmann, Mariana Kienast, Miyako Kinoshita, Debbie Ngai, Brigitte Wijnen   +17 more
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Therapeutic Role of Animals: A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Prevalent Forms and Species in Animal-Assisted Interventions

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Animals have been valued and used to improve human physical and mental health since ancient times. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary approach to traditional medicine, involving trained animals.
Dorota Szewczyk, Jakub Fiega, Milena Michalska, Urszula Żurek, Zuzanna Lubaszka, Ewa Sikorska   +5 more
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Thematic Analysis: Exploring Practitioners' Perspectives of Delivering Animal Assisted Therapy [PDF]

Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that uses animals in a therapeutic capacity and can be used as an adjunct with a range of practices such as different psychotherapeutic modalities.
Chan, Kwun
core   +1 more source

Negative pressure wound therapy in the community: the debate [PDF]

, 2009
Recent government documents (Department of Health (DH), 2009) have suggested that as a result of advances in tissue viability, more complex wound care can now be provided in the community setting and that therapies such as negative pressure wound therapy
Milne, Jeanette, Ousey, Karen
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Post-operative benefits of animal-assisted therapy in pediatric surgery: a randomised study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundInterest in animal-assisted therapy has been fuelled by studies supporting the many health benefits. The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of an animal-assisted therapy program on children response to stress and pain in ...
Valeria Calcaterra, Valeria Calcaterra, Pierangelo Veggiotti, Clara Palestrini, Valentina De Giorgis, Roberto Raschetti, Massimiliano Tumminelli, Simonetta Mencherini, Francesca Papotti, Catherine Klersy, Riccardo Albertini, Selene Ostuni, Gloria Pelizzo   +12 more
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Characteristics of Animal-assisted Interventions in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany, with a focus on hygiene in health care facilities

One Health, 2023
Animal-assisted Interventions (AAIs) are becoming increasingly popular. To date, information on the extent of AAIs in Germany is limited. With a focus on infection control measures in health care facilities (HCFs), two studies were conducted in Lower ...
Sonja Wolken, Johannes Dreesman, Dagmar Rocker, Cornelia Henke-Gendo   +3 more
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Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source