Clinic‐Based Animal‐Assisted Intervention for Haemodialysis Patients' Treatment Adherence, Pain and Depression: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
As the first study to evaluate therapy dog visits as a treatment adherence intervention for patients receiving haemodialysis, findings indicate this animal-assisted intervention is feasible and well accepted by patients based on high rates of study engagement and low rates of dropout. Meaningful human-animal interaction in the clinic setting may provide motivation to avoid appointment no-shows.
Authors
- Donald D. McGeary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9660-2652)
- Emma Sanford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4466-0205)
- Martha Block
- Timothy T. Houle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-5580)
- Geoffrey A. Block (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-7074)
- Meredith Stensland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5829-5580)
- Jacie Flaman
- Adrian Elorriaga
Institutions
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- Renal Associates P. A. (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
- University of the Incarnate Word (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Renal Care
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.70013
- Primary Topic
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00