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Effects of dog-assisted therapy in adults with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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dc.contributor.author Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae
dc.contributor.author Pacheco-Barrios, Kevin
dc.contributor.author Tellez, Walter Andree
dc.contributor.author Taype-Rondan, Alvaro
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-04T16:59:31Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-04T16:59:31Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/6781
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Dog-assisted therapy (DAT) is a non-pharmacological intervention based on the interaction between patients and dogs, which has been proposed to help adults with dementia. However, evidence to support it is lacking. Thus, we aim to evaluate the effects of DAT on this population and to assess the certainty of the evidence of the RCTs estimates. METHODS: A systematic search was performed. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental (QE) controlled studies published up to March 2018, which evaluated the beneficial and deleterious effects of DAT in adults with dementia. Mean differences (MD) or standardized mean differences (SMD) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated and random effects meta-analyses were performed. Certainty of evidence was assessed for RCTs estimates using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. The study protocol has been registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018090434). RESULTS: Ten studies (six RCTs and four QE controlled studies) were eligible for inclusion. Meta-analysis of RCTs showed no effect of DAT in daily life activities (SMD: 0.16; 95% CI: -0.80 to 1.12), depression (SMD: -0.45; 95% CI: -2.81 to 1.91), agitation (SDM: -1.12; 95% CI: -2.67 to 0.43), quality of life (SDM: 0.16; 95% CI: -0.41 to 0.73), and cognitive impairment (SDM: -0.52; 95% CI: -1.33 to 0.30), but it found a beneficial effect in apathy (1 study, n = 37, MD: 1.81; 95% CI: 1.26 to 2.36). All outcomes had a very low certainty of evidence according to GRADE methodology. CONCLUSIONS: RCTs evidence of very low certainty suggests that, in adults with dementia, DAT has no effect in daily life activities, depression, agitation, quality of life, and cognitive impairment, although one small study found an apparent beneficial effect in apathy. More well-designed and correctly reported studies are needed in order to provide a conclusion. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseries BMC Psychiatry
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject adult en_US
dc.subject agitation en_US
dc.subject animal assisted therapy en_US
dc.subject Animal-assisted therapy en_US
dc.subject apathy en_US
dc.subject clinical effectiveness en_US
dc.subject clinical outcome en_US
dc.subject Cognitive dysfunction en_US
dc.subject daily life activity en_US
dc.subject dementia en_US
dc.subject Dementia en_US
dc.subject depression en_US
dc.subject GRADE approach en_US
dc.subject human en_US
dc.subject Meta-analysis en_US
dc.subject quality of life en_US
dc.subject quasi experimental study en_US
dc.subject randomized controlled trial (topic) en_US
dc.subject Review en_US
dc.subject systematic review en_US
dc.subject therapy effect en_US
dc.title Effects of dog-assisted therapy in adults with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-2009-z
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.24
dc.relation.issn 1471-244X


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