Search results for "pet therapy"
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Pet therapy: therapeutic benefits of human-animal relation
2004
In this work Authors analized the progressive increase and evoluated the benefits in the practical application of the Pet Therapy. Pet Therapy is a therapeutic aid, to add to not to substitute the traditional cares. Pet Therapy is intended not as an exclusive therapy but a support to medical cares and a possibility to enhance relational and emotional status of individuals as well as to give a contribution of wellbeing to the suffrance.
Risks and benefits of animal-assisted interventions for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units
2023
Abstract Background Pets offer significant health benefits, from decreased cardiovascular risks to anxiety and post-traumatic stress improvements. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are not frequently practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) for fear of health risk for critical patients because there is a hypothetical risk of zoonoses. Objectives This systematic review aimed to collect and summarize available evidence about AAI in the ICU. The Review questions were “Do AAI improve the clinical outcome of Critically Ill Patients admitted to ICUs?” and “Are the zoonotic infections the cause of negative prognosis?”. Methods The following databases were searched on 5 January 2023: Cochrane C…
Pet therapy con adolescenti nel contesto familiare
2014
L’autore si propone di delineare il valore terapeutico degli animali domestici nell’ambiente familiare e nei contesti di cura, rintracciandone risvolti psicoeducativi e finalita terapeutiche. In particolare, entro una prospettiva evolutivo-familiare e nell’ambito dell’approccio zooantropologico, centrato sul processo interattivo uomo-animale, si configurano le caratteristiche di un contesto di cura che tiene conto del benessere psicofisico e delle peculiarita di coloro che vengono coinvolti in un incontro eterospecifico ed in cui viene valorizzata una co-partnership, nella sua valenza terapeutica. Partendo dal presupposto che gli animali d’affezione non siano fautori di miracolose guarigion…