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Human-Animal Interactions, 2023 The aim of this study was to explore whether different durations of canine-assisted intervention (CAI) influenced the beneficial effects of CAI on anxiety, stress, depression, and the well-being of higher education (HE) students.
Karen Manville +2 more
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Healing smiles: Enhancing pediatric dental care through animal-assisted therapy – A narrative review
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2023 Dental anxiety refers to the negative emotional response of fear or avoiding dental care, which is exhibited by cognitive, physiological, and motor reactions when related to dental visits or dental treatment.
Aishwarya Vineshkumar Antala +1 more
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023 Background Many systematic reviews identify support animals or animal assisted activity as a beneficial and standard practice in several medical disciplines for patients (children, adolescents, and adults) and residents in care homes.
Thomas C. Erren +4 more
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POST-SECONDARY PAW PATROL: Effects of Animal-Assisted Activities on Students’ Stress, Happiness and Well-being [PDF]
, 2021 Two hundred forty-two students, including 76 college students and 166 university students from Canadian post-secondary schools, participated in a pre-post study of the effects of animal-assisted activities on their stress, happiness, and well-being ...
Martin, Taylor +3 more
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Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Veterinary Medicine, 2022 Animal stress is a current topic intensely addressed. The general adaptation syndrome, following short exposure to stressors with low or medium intensity, has a positive effect, inducing eustress and improving adaptive capacity.
Ana Maria ZAGRAI (MAIEREAN) +7 more
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Animals, 2021 Animal-assisted interventions have shown promising benefits in different populations such as children with cerebral palsy or autism spectrum disorder. Human–animal interaction leads to different physical, cognitive, and emotional benefits in the child ...
Luis Lucio Lobato Rincón +5 more
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Recommendations for uniform terminology in animal-assisted services (AAS)
Human-Animal InteractionsThrough 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 +17 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyThis review deals with the questions why humans want to live with other animals and how this is at all possible. In fact, it has become common sense that living and working with companion animals entails major benefits for human wellbeing and health ...
Kurt Kotrschal
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Animal‐Assisted Activity at A. Meyer Children′s Hospital: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006 The authors systematically studied the introduction of animal‐assisted activity into a children′s hospital in Italy. This pilot study examined the reactions of children, their parents and the hospital staff and the hospital‐wide infection rate before and after the introduction of animals.
Caprilli, Simona, Messeri, Andrea
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito +7 more
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