The effect of animal-assisted activity on inpatients with Schizophrenia

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Chu, Cheng I ^a   Liu, Chao Yin ^b   Sun, Chi Tzu ^c   Lin, Jung ^c  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c YULI VETERANS HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOG; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PET THERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOGS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75549083610     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20091103-96     Document Type: Article

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