Measuring clinical outcomes of animal-assisted therapy: Impact on resident medication usage

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 580-585

  Lust, Elaine ^a   Ryan Haddad, Ann ^a   Coover, Kelli ^a   Snell, Jeff ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quality Living Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Animal assisted therapy; Laxatives; Medication usage; Psychoactive medications; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANALGESIC AGENT; BISACODYL; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ENEMA; GLYCEROL; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LORAZEPAM; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SENNOSIDE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 34447525551     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2007.580     Document Type: Article

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