Effects of Dog-Assisted Therapy on Social Behaviors and Emotional Expressions: A Single-Case Experimental Design in 3 People With Dementia.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
; 33(2): 109-119, 2020 03.
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ABSTRACT
This study examined the effects of dog-assisted therapy (DAT) on social behaviors, emotional manifestations, and experience during the activity of 3 people with dementia residing in a specialized dementia unit. The study used an A-B-A-B withdrawal single-case experimental design with two 5-session phases, baseline and DAT, replicating the same activities in each phase. The sessions were recorded and 2 independent coders quantified the frequency of social behaviors along with an assessment of the emotional manifestations and experience during the activity. Comparing with baseline sessions, DAT sessions showed an increase in prosocial behaviors (leans, looks, and verbalizations) and a significant impact on emotional manifestations with heightened pleasure. Dog-assisted therapy sessions also led to a better experience, with higher participation, pleasure, and relationship with others, together with lower rejection and displeasure than in the baseline sessions. Dog-assisted therapy seems to be a nonpharmacological therapy with potential to improve quality of life of people with dementia through promoting social behaviors and positive emotional manifestations.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Comportamento Social
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Demência
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Emoções
Limite:
Aged80
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha