AAI in Elderly Patient With Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04079985
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
BACKGROUND: Nowadays, there is a progressive aging of population. Chronic osteoarticular pain is associated to a bigger consumption of medication and a deterioration of life quality in elderly people that could be improved by boosting education for health from Primary Health Care. JUSTIFICATION: The need to develop non pharmacological treatments in order to get better results in people's global care. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectivity of group intervention, based on Animal Assisted Therapy, on elderly people suffering from chronic osteoarticular pain and poli-medication; regarding decrease of chronic pain, use of analgesics and improvement of life quality. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Randomized clinical trial, two arms, controlled and open-label. Twelve group sessions of kinesiotherapy with the intervention of a therapy dog in the experimental group (EG), carried out in the Primary Health Centre.
Study details
- Official title
- Animal-assisted Intervention in Geriatric Patients With Chronic Joint Pain and Polypharmacy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Animal-assisted therapy
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
- Start date
- 2013-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥65 years * diagnosis of chronic benign joint pain * polypharmacy (\>5 drugs or active ingredients, of which 2 or more had been prescribed for pain) Exclusion Criteria: * severe cognitive deterioration (GDS\> 5) * allergy to or fear of animals
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04079985