The use of animal assisted therapy to help patients with mental illness cope with daily lives

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Discipline: Medicine and Health

Clinical Question (30 points/25%)

1. Describe the problem. What is the focus of your group’s work?

2. Explain the significance of the problem in terms of patient outcomes. What health outcomes result from your problem? Or what statistics document this is a problem? You may find support on websites for government or professional organizations.

3. PICOT question in support of the group topic. (

In patients with chronic mental illnesses, does the use of animal-assisted therapy compared to standard care enable them to cope with their daily lives after 6 months?)

4. State the purpose of your paper. What will your paper do or describe? This is similar
to a problem statement. “The purpose of this paper is to . . .” 

Levels of Evidence (20 points/16%)

1. Identify the type of question being asked (therapy, prognosis, meaning, etc.).

2. What is the best type of evidence to answer that question (e.g., RCT, cohort study, qualitative study, etc.)?
Search Strategy (50 points/43%)

1. List search terms and results.

2. Databases used (start with the CU library). Link your search with the PICOT question described above.

3. Refinement decisions. As you did your search, what decisions did you make in refinement to get your required articles down to a reasonable number for review? Were any limits used? If so, what?

4. Identification of two (2) most relevant articles (primary sources published within the last 5 years).
Organization and APA Style (20 points/16%)

1. Correct grammar and spelling.

2. Include a title page.

3. Use of headings for each section.

4. Clinical Question, Levels of Evidence, Search Strategy, and Conclusion

5. Adheres to current APA formatting and guidelines.

6. 3-4 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages.
The only articles that can be used is the 2 listed below: 

Brooks, H., Rushton, K., Lovell, K., McNaughton, R., & Rogers, A. (2019, September 1). “he’s my mate you see”: A critical discourse analysis of the therapeutic role of companion animals in the social networks of people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness. Medical Humanities. https://mh.bmj.com/content/45/3/326Links to an external site.

 

Karin Hediger, Julia Wagner, Pascale Künzi, Anna Haefeli, Felicitas Theis, Carmina Grob, Elena Pauli & Heike Gerger (2021) Effectiveness of animal-assisted interventions for children and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12:1, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1879713Links to an external site.

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