Canine-assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency (CANINE)

Indiana University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03471429

CANINE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see if dogs can reduce the anxiety level of patients in the emergency department.

Full description

Patients will score their pain, anxiety, and depression. A dog will then come into the patient's room for approximately 15 minutes after which the patient will score his/her pain, anxiety, and depression again.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Research staff will screen for inclusion criterion by asking the care providers if they agree with this statement, "I believe this patient is experiencing moderate or greater anxiety".

Exclusion criteria

• Extreme intoxication, agitation that precludes conversation with the patient, fear of dogs, dog bite, allergy to dogs.

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Dog

Description:

Patient sees therapy dog for 15 minutes, which is standard of care at this hospital.

No Dog

Description:

Patient receives standard of care