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Companion Dog & Loneliness in Elderly Persons (C-KDOG)

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Companion Dog
Home Based
Loneliness
Elderly

Treatments

Other: dog presence

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04032340
AP-HP190493

Details and patient eligibility

About

Elderly may have problems to create personal connections or to have physical activities in their day- to - day life; loneliness and social isolation may increase fragility in this population. Companion dog presence favours social relations, affective feelings and physical exercises. On the other hand dog presence raises risk of falling and has a cost for its owner. This project seeks to assess positive impacts of companion dog presence in elderly living at home. This transdisciplinar study (general practionners, veterinarians, dog instructors, nurses, researchers) evaluates loneliness and social isolation between elderly with or without a companion dog at home.

Objective:To Evaluate the link between companion dog presence and loneliness in elderly persons living at home Method: An Observational, multicentric, transversal, national, comparative study (elderly with companion dog vs elderly without a dog). 200 subjects needed

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

75+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • person aged ≥ 75years old
  • living at home

Exclusion criteria

  • bedridden person
  • person accompanied by any animal, other than a dog
  • EPHAD based (establishments providing care for the dependent elderly)
  • comprehension or reading difficulties in french affecting study participation and scales assessment
  • cognitive, mental ou psychic disorders
  • person under legal protection

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Elderly with a companion dog
Description:
elderly living at home with a dog consulting his family doctor
Treatment:
Other: dog presence
Elderly without a companion dog
Description:
elderly living at home without a dog consulting his family doctor

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

FLORENCE CANOUI-POITRINE, MD-PHD

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