Patients recovering from total joint replacement surgery who receive animal-assisted therapy (AAT) require less pain medication than those who do not experience this type of therapy.
These data were published in the August/September issue of Anthrozoos by researchers from Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and Loyola University Health System. Anthrozoos is the official journal of the International Society for Anthrozoology.
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) has been used in a variety of health-care settings to improve quality of life and physical, social, emotional and/or cognitive health for patients.
“The animal-human connection is powerful in reducing stress and in generating a sense of well-being,” said Julia Havey, MSN, RN, CCM, lead author, Loyola University Health System. “This study further demonstrates the positive influence animals can have on human recovery.”
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d for oral pain medication in patients who were exposed to animal-assisted therapy and those who were not. The groups were similar in age, gender, ethnicity, length of stay and type of total joint replacement. The animal-assisted therapy consisted of daily visits from specially trained dogs for an average of five to 15 minutes. The need for oral pain medication was significantly less (28 percent less) in the animal-assisted therapy group (15.32 mg versus 21.16 mg).
“This study offers interesting observations about the healing potential of animals,” said Fran Vlasses, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, co-author and associate professor and chair, Health Systems, Leadership and Policy Department, Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. “The efficacy of animal-assisted therapy in decreasing the need for pain medication and its effect on patient well-being after surgery deserves further study.”
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Most dogs won’t actually attack.
Awe, our dog TayMar, 17 months, just looks out the window, very creepily at
times I might add, to see who you are. Sometimes you don’t even see her,
she’s big enough to just sit her butt on the floor and sit up and she can
look out, so all you see is her eyes watching you, lol! She will only
attack if she senses something is wrong, like a stranger, to her, came to
the house right before our wedding and was getting me upset, She sensed my
anger and frustration and went straight into Kujo mode. I had to get myself
together real quick. She’s good at sensing people’s ways and I guess
spirits. Some people she tolerates, and makes it known that shes just
tolerating them by giving attitude, and that they aren’t the boss of her,
lol!
I think a lot of big dogs like that are just a deterrent. Put up a sign and
you can hear their loud barks and I think that’d scare off most people
looking to break in.
I’d rather have a dog who just barks than actually bites. What if I’m gone
and need a friend to go into my house to feed my dog? What if the dog bites
the second that door opens? That would be a hell of a lot worse than if the
dog just barks. What robber is going to hear that dog bark and think “Maybe
he’s not trained to attack.”?
So she doesn’t want a gun in the house? A gun that is an object like any
other, and will not act on its own. An object that you wield absolute
control over at all times, and you consciously decide whether to use or
not. But she is perfectly fine with an “aggressive” dog that she fully
expects to ruin someone’s day. A dog which has a mind of its own, and
doesn’t have the reasoning abilities a human does to decide when it’s
necessary to apply force. A dog that could mistake a friend for an intruder
and possibly kill them before you have a chance to do anything, resulting
in a lawsuit or jail time. The education system in the US is a joke if it’s
consistently turning out people with this poor of reasoning abilities.
Either she’s mentally handicapped or she refuses to take the responsibility
of protecting herself and has to place it on an animal.
ok for the moose part.. i think the dog acted fine. you dont want the dog
to attack the second someone comes it.. what if its a friend or something.
i think barking for a while and then after the stranger persists and enters
further in to the home then it is ok to attack.
Houston wooo
fat people with guard dogs
Lol if someone came in my house like that, my dog would immediately bit
them. Lol the UPS man doesn’t even come to our door anymore XD
Ohhh Please! First of all.. If the Owner goes out of their house and Taps
on the Window/Door News broadcaster THEY CAN SMELL WHO It is. DUHHH!!!!!
Its all in how u Train the Dog.
Whatever, lady. Moose, you did great in my book.
Titus Cesar Millan would NOT be pleased (wus) :((
Moose can kill a moose.
Moose was the only one who did the job correctly; He waited for the person
to come in, analyzed the situation, and once Moose saw how the person was
acting, he did his job. Apparently Moose was an untrained house dog too.
German shepherds have natural instincts, and I believe that is what Moose
was relying on. Not on some training. The owner of Moose clearly doesn’t
know anything about German Shepherds, because why would she want him to
attack anyone who approaches their house?
My German Shepherd bit 3 people on different occasions (1 might’ve been
provoked, friend walked into empty garage with dog inside). But still, I
think German Shepherds have a natural instinct to guard things. My friend
was just tryin to get a soda. One of those attacks required stitches and we
almost had to put him down after that incident. I miss my dog, he died at
14 and he was still an awesome dog.
These dogs did everything right. What robber is going to enter house when
they hear these dogs barking. This test was bs. These dogs should not
attack every person who enters the home. Sorry grandma for taking you’re
arm off?!
Cane corso I’ve found tend to be more fear biters than anything.
That last lady is a retard! No one needs a dog that is a package of
dynamite. That Sheppard figured out what he needed to do and did it.
Instead of just attacking out of fear. She should think twice about what
she said, she wouldn’t want the dog to just jump on the first person and
attack if it was a fireman or rescue worker coming in to help her. Her dog
is smarter than she is.
I hear people say stupid things like ” my dog will let you in but they wont
let you leave”. If someone enters your home the dog has already failed to
do its job. Once someone is in your home you can be shot or stabbed. A dog
should be first used as a deterrent and if someone is hell bent on breaking
in they mean to do you and the dog harm. No one likes useless people, so
why have a useless dog ? Personally I feel all three of these dogs failed
and all three would have been rescue dogs at that point. I have a german
shep now and if someone walked in my house they better take him too. This
is also why I have a gun.
Get Rottweilers and Pitbulls and no fool will dare break into your house.