The evaluation of a multi-site novel imitation based animal assisted intervention for children with developmental disabilities and their family dog

对发育障碍儿童及其家犬的多点新型模仿动物辅助干预的评估

基本信息

批准号：
10380622
负责人：
Megan I MacDonald
金额：
$ 36.07万
依托单位：
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-04-01 至 2025-03-31
项目状态：
未结题

项目摘要

Project Summary/ Abstract This R01 application will provide a multidisciplinary One Health approach to an imitation-based physical activity intervention for adolescents with developmental disabilities and their family dog. The novel inter- vention approach includes the use of the family dog in an established dog training protocol, focused on physical activity and aimed at improving physical activity, quality of life and social wellbeing for children with developmental disabilities. The study team has tested the feasibility of this program and their preliminary findings have revealed phyiscal and social-emotional improvements in children with developmental disabilities following this animal assisted intervention. There has been relativeily limited research focused on the physical activity of adolescents with developmental disabilities and there re- mains a critical need to develop strategies that will encourage an active lifestyle for adolescents with de- velopmental disabilities. Animal assisted therapy has known positive impacts on morale and is also known to reduce depressive psychological symptoms for children and adults. Yet, traditional ‘service dogs’ are prohibitively expensive for many families. Dog ownership alone is known to improve health- related physical activity. Thus, a critical need exists to create physical activity interventions that are easily accessible and provide manageable home-based physical activity adherence, but that are less expensive than traditional service dogs. To achieve these goals the investigators of this project have developed the following specific aims: 1) To evaluate a novel imitation-based dog training program to promote physical activity in children with developmental disabilities; 2) To evaluate the impact of participation in an imitation-based dog-training program on the child’s quality of life, feelings of social wellbeing and the child-dog relationship; 3) To evaluation the human-animal-interaction of the child and the family dog based on participation in the program. The long term goal of this research is to improve the lives of adolescents with developmental disabilities. This research supports the One Health initiative and brings together aspects of improving health related to human and animal development.

项目概要/摘要此 R01 应用程序将提供一种多学科的 One Health 方法来实现基于模仿的物理治疗针对发育障碍青少年及其家庭狗的活动干预。干预方法包括在既定的狗训练方案中使用家庭狗，重点是体力活动，旨在改善儿童的体力活动、生活质量和社会福祉研究小组测试了该计划及其可行性。初步研究结果显示，患有此病的儿童的身体和社会情感得到改善这种动物辅助干预后的发育障碍相对有限。研究重点是发育障碍青少年的身体活动，并重新迫切需要制定战略，鼓励患有残疾的青少年采取积极的生活方式众所周知，动物辅助治疗对士气有积极影响，而且也有积极作用。众所周知，传统的“服务”可以减少儿童和成人的抑郁心理症状。众所周知，养狗对许多家庭来说都昂贵得令人望而却步。因此，迫切需要创建易于进行的身体活动干预措施。方便并提供可管理的家庭体育活动坚持，但费用较低为了实现这些目标，该项目的研究人员开发了以下具体目标： 1）评估一种新颖的基于模仿的狗训练计划，以促进身体素质 2) 评估参与活动对发育障碍儿童的影响；基于模仿的狗训练计划，关注儿童的生活质量、社会幸福感和 3) 评估儿童与家犬的人与动物互动这项研究的长期目标是改善人们的生活。这项研究支持“同一个健康”倡议并带来了发展障碍青少年。共同改善与人类和动物发展相关的健康问题。