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NCT Number: NCT03270592

Assessment of Service and Hearing Dogs

For persons with impairments and certain illnesses the use of service dogs may have positive effect. The effects of using these dogs to assist in every day life need to be studied further.The aim of the study was to assess how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog.

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Key information

Conditions

Impairment Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Epilepsy Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nervous System Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This is an exploratory before and after study with the aim to study how health care consumption was effected by using certified service dogs and to study the cost-effectiveness of having a certified service dog. Data was collected before the education of the dog started and the follow-up was made three months after completion of the education. Data was collected on Health care consumption and outcomes in terms Health related quality of life and Health outcomes.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age over 16 years
  • Having a regular companion dog
  • Being in need of a certified service dog (due to impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and deafness)

Exclusion criteria

  • Psychiatric illness

Treatment and study plan

Service dog

Other

Use of a individualized certified service dog

Primary outcomes

  1. Total costs

    Time frame: Three months follow-up

    Health care costs, cost of informal care, municipal costs

  2. Health related quality of life, EQ-5D

    Time frame: Tree months follow-up

    EQ-5D is a generic quality of life instrument including five dimensions

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cost-effectiveness

    Time frame: Life time perspective

    Cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY)

  2. Health related quality of life, RAND-36

    Time frame: Three months follow-up

    RAND-36 is a generic quality of life instrument including eight dimensions

  3. WHO-5 wellbeing index

    Time frame: Three months follow-up

    WHO-5 wellbeing index is an index measuring wellbeing on five dimensions

  4. Rosenberg self-esteem scale

    Time frame: Three month follow-up

    Rosenberg self-esteem scale measures self esteem with ten questions

  5. EQ-VAS

    Time frame: Three months follow-up

    EQ-VAS is a Visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (perfect Health)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Linkoeping University

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Sep 1, 2017
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2017

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