Diabetes, Epilepsy, Impairment
Conditions
Keywords
Service dogs, Alert dogs, Costs, Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness
Brief summary
For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.
Detailed description
This is an exploratory before and after study with the aim to study how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog. Data was collected before the education of the dog started and the follow-up was made three months after completion of the education. Data was collected on Health care consumption and outcomes in terms Health related quality of life and Health outcomes.
Interventions
OTHERService dog
Use of a individualized certified service dog
Sponsors
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
Linkoeping University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age over 16 years * Having a regular companion dog * Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)
Exclusion criteria
* Psychiatric illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Total costs | Three months follow-up | Health care costs, cost of informal care, municipal costs |
| Health related quality of life, EQ-5D | Tree months follow-up | EQ-5D is a generic quality of life instrument including five dimensions |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WHO-5 wellbeing index | Three months follow-up | WHO-5 wellbeing index is an index measuring wellbeing on five dimensions |
| Cost-effectiveness | Life time perspective | Cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY) |
| EQ-VAS | Three months follow-up | EQ-VAS is a Visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (perfect Health) |
| Rosenberg self-esteem scale | Three month follow-up | Rosenberg self-esteem scale measures self esteem with ten questions |
| Health related quality of life, RAND-36 | Three months follow-up | RAND-36 is a generic quality of life instrument including eight dimensions |
Outcome results
None listed