Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs

Linköping University (LiU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy; Diabetes; Impairment

Treatments: Other: Service dog

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03270592

Dnr 157-09

Details and patient eligibility

About

For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.

Full description

This is an exploratory before and after study with the aim to study how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog. Data was collected before the education of the dog started and the follow-up was made three months after completion of the education. Data was collected on Health care consumption and outcomes in terms Health related quality of life and Health outcomes.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age over 16 years
• Having a regular companion dog
• Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)

Exclusion criteria

• Psychiatric illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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56 participants in 1 patient group

Service dogs

Other group

Description:

Single arm study using a before after design where Before represent having a regular companion dog and after represent having a certified service dog

Treatment:

Other: Service dog