Effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 371-390

  Kamioka, Hiroharu ^a   Okada, Shinpei ^b   Tsutani, Kiichiro ^c   Park, Hyuntae ^d   Okuizumi, Hiroyasu ^e   Handa, Shuichi ^e   Oshio, Takuya ^f   Park, Sang Jun ^b   Kitayuguchi, Jun ^g   Abe, Takafumi ^g   Honda, Takuya ^h   Mutoh, Yoshiteru ⁱ  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b Physical Education and Medicine Research Foundation   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Mimaki Onsen (Spa) Clinic   (Japan)

^f Social Welfare Service Corporation CARE PORT MIMAKI   (Japan)

^g Physical Education and Medicine Research Center Unnan   (Japan)

^h JPNese Society for the Promotion of Science   (Japan)

ⁱ NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRD; CAT; COW; DEPRESSION; DOG; DOLPHIN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FERRET; GUINEA PIG; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITY CONTROL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RABBITS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898817773     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.016     Document Type: Review

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