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

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