Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs

September 1, 2017 updated by: Martina Lundqvist, Linkoeping University
For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is an exploratory before and after study with the aim to study how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog. Data was collected before the education of the dog started and the follow-up was made three months after completion of the education. Data was collected on Health care consumption and outcomes in terms Health related quality of life and Health outcomes.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age over 16 years
  • Having a regular companion dog
  • Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Psychiatric illness

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Service dogs
Single arm study using a before after design where Before represent having a regular companion dog and after represent having a certified service dog
Other: Service dog
Use of a individualized certified service dog

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Total costs
Time Frame: Three months follow-up
Health care costs, cost of informal care, municipal costs
Three months follow-up
Health related quality of life, EQ-5D
Time Frame: Tree months follow-up
EQ-5D is a generic quality of life instrument including five dimensions
Tree months follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cost-effectiveness
Time Frame: Life time perspective
Cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY)
Life time perspective
Health related quality of life, RAND-36
Time Frame: Three months follow-up
RAND-36 is a generic quality of life instrument including eight dimensions
Three months follow-up
WHO-5 wellbeing index
Time Frame: Three months follow-up
WHO-5 wellbeing index is an index measuring wellbeing on five dimensions
Three months follow-up
Rosenberg self-esteem scale
Time Frame: Three month follow-up
Rosenberg self-esteem scale measures self esteem with ten questions
Three month follow-up
EQ-VAS
Time Frame: Three months follow-up
EQ-VAS is a Visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (perfect Health)
Three months follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Linkoeping University

Collaborators

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Investigators

  • Study Director: Lars-Åke Levin, Professor, Linkoeping University

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

September 17, 2009

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

July 2, 2014

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

July 2, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 31, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 5, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 1, 2017

Last Verified

September 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Dnr 157-09

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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