Animal Assisted Activity Program on Patients and Staff on an Inpatient Surgical Oncology Unit
12. januar 2017 opdateret af: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Caring Canines: Outcomes From an Animal Assisted Activity Program on Patients and Staff on an Inpatient Surgical Oncology Unit
The purpose of this study is to describe the effects of canine-assisted activity visits on patients and staff in a hospital setting.
The Caring Canines program uses dogs who have been trained to be obedient, calm and comforting.
It involves a visit by a volunteer (called the dog's handler) and the volunteer's dog that has been trained and tested to have a good personality and to follow commands.
A visit typically lasts about 10-15 minutes with the patient interacting with the dog while the dog is supervised by the handler.
Memorial Sloan Kettering currently has Caring Canine dogs visit patients but the investigators don't yet know the impact of these visits on patients and staff.
The investigators would like to see how the Caring Canine visits impact a patients' mood, including anxiety, stress, and sense of well-being.
Two groups of patients will take part in this study - the first group will receive standard post surgery care and will not receive a visit from the Caring Canines program and the second group will receive daily visits (Tuesday -Friday) from the Caring Canines program while they are on M15.
The purpose of this study is to look at differences in well-being between patients who have the visits with the dogs and patients who do not.
Studieoversigt
Status
Afsluttet
Betingelser
Undersøgelsestype
Observationel
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
146
Kontakter og lokationer
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Studiesteder
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New York
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New York, New York, Forenede Stater, 10065
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Deltagelseskriterier
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Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
18 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Ingen
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Alle
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Ikke-sandsynlighedsprøve
Studiebefolkning
Staff and inpatients on the 15th floor.
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients
- Age greater than 21
- Admitted to M15 following a Monday or Tuesday surgery
- Ability to speak and read English.
Staff
- Age greater than 21
- Works at least one day shift a week on M15
- Ability to speak and read English
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients
- Self reported allergy to dogs
- Medical need to be in an isolation room
- Medical need to be in a Protective Environment room .
Staff
- Self reported allergy to dogs
Studieplan
Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Observationsmodeller: Kohorte
- Tidsperspektiver: Fremadrettet
Kohorter og interventioner
Gruppe / kohorte |
Intervention / Behandling |
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standard post surgery care
An initial cohort of consecutive patients admitted to the 15th floor of the hospital on a Monday or Tuesday will form the usual care control arm of the study.
Once this cohort is completed, the Caring Canines program will start.
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Caring Canines program
Once the standard of care cohort is completed, the Caring Canines program will start making visits on the 15th floor and a second cohort of consecutive patients admitted to M15 on a Monday or Tuesday will form the intervention (experimental) arm of the study.patients
admitted to M15 on a Monday or Tuesday will form the intervention (experimental) arm of the study.
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The therapy dogs who visit at MSKCC.
A visit by a therapy dog typically lasts about 10-15 minutes with the patient interacting with the therapy dog while the dog is supervised by the handler.
The baseline and post assessment will include the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL R-IV) (Stamm, 1997-2005) and qualitative questions.
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staff canine-assisted
For the staff portion of this study a longitudinal pre and post intervention design will be used.
Baseline staff assessments will occur prior to the Caring Canine program being implemented on the unit.
The assessments include questions about compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue as well as some open ended questions about your thoughts on the Caring Canines program.
Post assessment will occur after the program has been active on the unit for at least 6 weeks.
Only staff who work at least one Monday - Friday day shift each week will be eligible to participate.
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The therapy dogs who visit at MSKCC.
A visit by a therapy dog typically lasts about 10-15 minutes with the patient interacting with the therapy dog while the dog is supervised by the handler.
The baseline and post assessment will include the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL R-IV) (Stamm, 1997-2005) and qualitative questions.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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change from baseline in the follow-up PHQ-4 scores
Tidsramme: 1 year
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The PHQ-4 is an ultra-brief self-report questionnaire that consists of a 2-item depression scale and a 2 item anxiety scale.
Among the control and intervention groups to assess psychological effects of the program.
Responses on the pain scale will assess physiological effects, and responses on the open-ended questions will identify patient-perceived benefits of the program
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1 year
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difference in baseline and follow-up ProQOL scores (For Staff)
Tidsramme: 1 year
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(Compassion Satisfaction score and Burnout score) to assess change in work satisfaction due to the program, and responses on the qualitative questions will address staff-perceived benefits of the program.
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1 year
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Publikationer og nyttige links
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Hjælpsomme links
Datoer for undersøgelser
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Studer store datoer
Studiestart
1. januar 2015
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
1. januar 2017
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
5. februar 2015
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
9. februar 2015
Først opslået (Skøn)
16. februar 2015
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
13. januar 2017
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
12. januar 2017
Sidst verificeret
1. januar 2017
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 15-010
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