The challenge of pet therapy in systemic sclerosis: evidence for an impact on pain, anxiety, neuroticism and social interaction
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2018
Short description:
The challenge of pet therapy in systemic sclerosis: evidence for an impact on pain, anxiety, neuroticism and social interaction / Fiori, G., Marzi, T., Bartoli, F., Bruni, C., Ciceroni, C., Palomba, M., Zolferino, M., Corsi, E., Galimberti, M., Moggi Pignone, A., Viggiano, M.P., Guiducci, S., Calamai, M., Matucci-Cerinic, M.. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 36 Suppl 113:(2018), pp. 135-141.
abstract:
The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of animal-assisted intervention (AAI), a complementary support to traditional therapies focused on the interaction between animals and human beings, in improving psychological trait, anxiety and pain in a cohort of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Aged; Animals; Anxiety; Combined Modality Therapy; Dogs; Female; Humans; Iloprost; Infusions; Intravenous; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Pain; Scleroderma; Systemic; Treatment Outcome; Vasodilator Agents; Animal Assisted Therapy; Interpersonal Relations; Neuroticism
List of contributors:
Fiori, Ginevra; Marzi, Tessa; Bartoli, Francesca; Bruni, Cosimo; Ciceroni, Carlo; Palomba, Michela; Zolferino, Michela; Corsi, Elena; Galimberti, Marcello; Moggi Pignone, Alberto; Viggiano, Maria Pia; Guiducci, Serena; Calamai, Monica; Matucci-Cerinic, Marco
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