The Impact of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Patients with Substance Use Disorder in a Psychiatric Hospital

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Status

Completed

Conditions

Depression Secondary to Other Disease

Anxiety

Substance Abuse Disorder

Treatments

Other: Psychopharmacology intervention

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06652269

8870-VIII/2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess whether an EAP program affects anxiety, depression, and stress, which are often associated with substance use disorder. The management of these conditions has a major impact on the control of the addiction.

Full description

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an EAP program on 32 respondents in the experimental group and 36 in the control group. These respondents were patients in a psychiatric hospital who were taking part in an addiction treatment program. The EAP program was conducted weekly over four weeks, with each session lasting three hours. The treatment effects were assessed using the STAI-Y modules 1 and 2, BAI, PSS, and DASS-21 questionnaires. The groups were compared before and after the four-week observation period.

Enrollment

68 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients of psychiatric hospital of Kosmonosy with substance use disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria were possible cognitive deficit or reluctance to work with animals. Participants who did not complete all required materials or left the treatment program before completion were excluded from the study (N = 9).