Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Conditions
Keywords
Animal-assisted therapy, everyday life skills, schizophrenia, residential treatment, dual pathology
Brief summary
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of the implementation and the efectiveness of an AAT program in patients diagnosed with substance abuse disorder and associated mental disorders (dual pathology).
Detailed description
Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention to therapy that presents positive results in the treatment of different pathologies. The study assesses the implementation and effectiveness of a TAA program in patients diagnosed with substance use disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAnimal-assisted therapy (AAT)
OTHERusual treatment
Sponsors
Miguel Monfort Montolio
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Meeting DSM-5 criteria for substance abuse disorder and the presence of schizophrenia * Voluntary participant in the study and having signed the informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Patients whose functioning could be altered by factors not specifically related to addictive pathology or mental disorder (severe cognitive impairment, intellectual deficiency or language barrier) * Animal-specific phobia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Life Skills Profile questionnaire (LSP) | Change from Life Skills at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes) | This questionnaire evaluates aspects of functioning that affect daily activities and the adaptation of people with mental illnesses in the community. It contains 39 items that are grouped into self-care, social-interpersonal behaviour, communication-social contact, non-personal social behaviour and autonomous life |
| Barrat impulsiveness scale (BIS-11) | Change from impulsiveness at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes) | This instrument is composed of 30 items distributed into three sub-scales: nonplanning, motor and attentional. The total impulsiveness score was also obtained. |
| Calgary Depresión Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) | Change from Depresión at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes) | El cuestionario es un intrumento estructurado, adminisitrado por un clínico de forma heteroaplicada para población adulta, con un tiempo aproximado de administración de entre 10 y 30 minutos, y aborada el área terapéutica relativa a la sintomatología de los trastornos depresivos. |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale | Change from self.-esteem at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes) | The questionnaire consists of 10 statements of the feelings that the person has about himself. Five of the statements are addressed positively (items 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7) and 5 negatively (items 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10). |
| Positive and negative symptom scale (PANSS) | Change from Positive and negative symptom at 3-6-9 months (12 minutes) | It is a semi-structured and hetero-applied questionnaire for the adult population. The application time is between 30-60 minutes and evaluates the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. |
Outcome results
None listed