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标题：Effects of animal-assisted activity on self-reported feelings of pain in hospitalized children and adolescents
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作者：Tatiane Ichitani ; Maria Claudia Cunha
期刊名称：Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
印刷版ISSN：0102-7972
电子版ISSN：1678-7153
出版年度：2016
卷号：29
页码：1-10
语种：English
出版社：Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
其他摘要：Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) is an approach recently introduced into the hospital environment to improve the quality of hospitalization and provide important benefits for pa tients with chronic diseases and long-term hospitalizations. This work aims to verify the effec ts of animal-assisted activity (AAA) on the expression and quality of self-reported pain in hospitalized children and adolescents, while considering the subjects ’ subjectivity. The particip ants were 17 hospitalized children/adolescents of both genders, aged 7 years and old er, who complained of pain. Two therapy dogs were selected for the intervention according to the criteria of intern ational protocols. The participants were asked an open question ( “ How would you describe your pain? ” ). After the question, an AAA session, which lasted between 5 and 10 min, was held with random acti vities spontaneously chosen by th e subject. The open question was asked again at the end of the session, without the presence of the dog. Positive effects were observed in this population with regard to a decrease in self-report ed pain. These results suggest that there is a possible symbolic elaboration of pain by the subject, in which the dog might represent acceptance and affection at a moment of great emo tional suffering.
其他关键词：Animal-assisted intervention; Animal-assisted th erapy; Pain; Hospitalization; Child; Adolescent.