Canine-assisted ANxiety Reduction IN Emergency (CANINE)

The purpose of this study is to see if dogs can reduce the anxiety level of patients in the emergency department.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Anxiety

Detailed Description

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 80

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Indiana
    • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
      • Indiana University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients enrolled from Emergency Department that are 18 or older with moderate or greater anxiety, per physician Gestalt.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Research staff will screen for inclusion criterion by asking the care providers if they agree with this statement, "I believe this patient is experiencing moderate or greater anxiety".

Exclusion Criteria:

• Extreme intoxication, agitation that precludes conversation with the patient, fear of dogs, dog bite, allergy to dogs.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Dog; Patient sees therapy dog for 15 minutes, which is standard of care at this hospital.
No Dog; Patient receives standard of care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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)	30 mins

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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)	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)	30 mins

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Indiana University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Kline JA, Fisher MA, Pettit KL, Linville CT, Beck AM. Controlled clinical trial of canine therapy versus usual care to reduce patient anxiety in the emergency department. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 9;14(1):e0209232. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209232. eCollection 2019.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 21, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 4, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 4, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 13, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): March 20, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 21, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2018
• Last Verified: February 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Depression; Pain; Anxiety; Therapy; Dog; Canine
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies; Anxiety Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: CANINE

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