Changes of Oxytocin and Serotonin Values in Dialysis Patients after Animal Assisted Activities (AAAs) with a Dog—A Preliminary Study
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients
2.2. Animal-Assisted Activities (AAAs)
2.3. AAA Team
2.4. Choice of the Dog
Behavioural and Infective Safety of the Dog
2.5. Blood Sampling and Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Statistical Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Activities | Duration | |
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Step 1 | Initial greetings | 10′ |
Step 2 | Group Play with the dog: Ball retrieval; Vision pictures of dog’s calming signals, facial expressions of the dog etc. Riddles on animals | 20′ |
Step 3 | Interview: Talking with the patient about their hobbies, style life, etc. | 20′ |
Step 4 | Final greetings: Dog oral discharge; Hand washing | 10′ |
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Menna, L.F.; Santaniello, A.; Amato, A.; Ceparano, G.; Di Maggio, A.; Sansone, M.; Formisano, P.; Cimmino, I.; Perruolo, G.; Fioretti, A. Changes of Oxytocin and Serotonin Values in Dialysis Patients after Animal Assisted Activities (AAAs) with a Dog—A Preliminary Study. Animals 2019, 9, 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9080526
Menna LF, Santaniello A, Amato A, Ceparano G, Di Maggio A, Sansone M, Formisano P, Cimmino I, Perruolo G, Fioretti A. Changes of Oxytocin and Serotonin Values in Dialysis Patients after Animal Assisted Activities (AAAs) with a Dog—A Preliminary Study. Animals. 2019; 9(8):526. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9080526
Chicago/Turabian StyleMenna, Lucia Francesca, Antonio Santaniello, Alessia Amato, Giuseppe Ceparano, Annamaria Di Maggio, Mario Sansone, Pietro Formisano, Ilaria Cimmino, Giuseppe Perruolo, and Alessandro Fioretti. 2019. "Changes of Oxytocin and Serotonin Values in Dialysis Patients after Animal Assisted Activities (AAAs) with a Dog—A Preliminary Study" Animals 9, no. 8: 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9080526