Animal-assisted interventions in adult hospital rehabilitation settings: A scoping review.
Nurs Health Sci
; 26(3): e13138, 2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) have the potential to enhance people's well-being and function and are increasingly being implemented across a range of settings. This scoping review explored how AAIs have been used in adult hospital rehabilitative care. Using JBI and PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a systematic search of four databases was undertaken. Inclusion criteria involved adults, aged >18 years, who had received AAIs in the hospital rehabilitation setting. Twenty-two articles met the inclusion criteria. Results identified two intervention types visitation activities (n = 8 studies) and structured therapeutic interventions (n = 14 studies). Dogs were the most common animal species. Improvements in social and emotional well-being were reported across both types of interventions, with improvements in ambulation, motor skills, and verbal communication reported by those engaged in structured therapeutic interventions. Implementation challenges included a dependency on volunteer dog-handlers; the need for better recording of interventions in medical records to enable evaluation; and cost, safety, infection control, and animal welfare considerations. Strengthening the planning of AAIs is fundamental for the realization of potential outcomes from human-animal interactions in hospital rehabilitative care.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Assistida com Animais
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Health Sci
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Nurs. health sci
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Nursing & health sciences
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Austrália