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Animal Assisted Therapy´s effekter avseende ångest hos vuxna personer med psykisk ohälsa
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Animal Assisted Therapy's effects regarding anxiety in adults with mental illness (Swedish)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa förekommer i alla åldrar och är ett växande problem. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) är en målinriktad, planlagd och strukturerad terapeutisk insats som leds eller utförs av personal inom hälso- och sjukvård, skola eller omsorg. Inom hälso- och sjukvården syftar AAT till att förbättra individens psykiska, fysiska, emotionella och kognitiva förmågor.

Syfte: Att kartlägga effekter avseende ångest hos vuxna personer med psykisk ohälsa som genomgår Animal Assisted Therapy.

Metod: Litteraturstudien baseras på åtta empiriska interventionsstudier med kvantitativ design. Databassökningar genomfördes i Cinahl, PubMed och PsycInfo. Analysprocessen genomfördes enligt Popenoes analysmodell.

Resultat: Samtliga studier resulterade i en minskning avseende ångest. Sex av studierna visade en signifikant minskning inom gruppen som fått AAT och två studier visade en positiv effekt men utan signifikant skillnad. Två studier visade en signifikant skillnad mellan interventions- och kontrollgruppen. 

Konklusion: Litteraturstudiens resultat visade att AAT kan reducera ångest hos individer med psykisk ohälsa och kan därför vara ett bra komplement i omvårdnaden hos denna patientgrupp. Ytterligare forskning behövs för att kartlägga hur effektivt AAT är jämfört med befintliga behandlingar. 

Abstract [en]

Background: Mental illness occurs at all ages and is a growing problem. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a targeted, planned and structured therapeutic intervention led or performed by staff in health care, school or care. Animal Assisted Therapy aims in healthcare to improve the individual's mental, physical, emotional and cognitive abilities.

Aim: To map the effects regarding anxiety in adults with mental illness who undergo Animal Assisted Therapy. 

Methods: The literature review is based on eight empirical intervention studies with quantitative design. Database search was conducted in Cinahl, PubMed and PsycInfo. The analysis process was carried out according to Popenoe´s analysis model.

Results: All studies resulted in decreased anxiety-levels. Six of the studies showed a significant difference within the group that received AAT and two studies showed a positive effect but without a significant difference. Two studies showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups.

Conclusion: The results of the literature study showed that AAT can reduce anxiety in individuals with mental illness and could therefore be a good complement to the care of this patient group. Further research is needed to map how effective AAT is compared to existing treatments.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 28
Keywords [en]
animal assisted therapy, anxiety, anxiety disorders, mental disorders, mental illness
Keywords [sv]
djurassisterad terapi, psykiska störningar, psykisk ohälsa, ångest, ångeststörningar
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-208467OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-208467DiVA, id: diva2:1759277
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Available from: 2023-05-29 Created: 2023-05-25 Last updated: 2023-05-29Bibliographically approved

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