An observational study in Anxiety, sponsored by Indiana University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-09-21.
Sponsored by Indiana University · Observational
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The purpose of this study is to see if dogs can reduce the anxiety level of patients in the emergency department.
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.
7,207 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,682 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 80 is below the median of 168 across 978 observational studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.
Browse Anxiety Disorders studies →Indiana University is the lead sponsor of 986 studies on the registry; 198 are open to participants now.
Of its 148 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 118 (80%) have results posted.
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Patients enrolled from Emergency Department that are 18 or older with moderate or greater anxiety, per physician Gestalt.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patient sees therapy dog for 15 minutes, which is standard of care at this hospital.
Patient receives standard of care
Anxiety reduction from Scale
reduction in anxiety score (0-10). 0=balanced mood (least anxiety) 2= slight fear and worry 4=mild fear and worry 6= moderate worry, physical agitation 8=Feeling really bad, at the edge 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (worst anxiety)
Time frame: 30 mins
Pain reduction from Wong Baker faces scale
reduction in pain score (0-10). 0=no hurt (least pain) 2= Hurts little bit 4= Hurts little more 6= Hurts even more 8= Hurts whole lot 10=out of control behavior, self-harm (hurts worst)
Time frame: 30 mins
Depression reduction from scale
reduction in depression score (0-10). 0= Balanced mood (least depressed) 2= Slightly depressed 4= Mildly depressed 6= Definite malaise 8= Feeling reall bad, at the edge 10=Despair, suicidal feelings (worst depressed)
Time frame: 30 mins
Plan to share: No
Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Apr 2018, 3 months.
Of 411 non-industry observational studies under Anxiety Disorders, half reached primary completion within 19 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 49. This study's 3 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 439 studies reached it within 19 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 48.
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