Effectiveness of Animal-assisted Interventions (AAIs) in Treatment of Adults with Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review

Chris McFalls-Steger, David Patterson, Phyllis L. Thompson
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Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) have become widespread, with programs targeting various populations and mental health conditions. Despite its popularity, AAI’s operational definition and its efficacy are unclear. This systematic review aims to assess the utility of AAIs in decreasing depressive symptoms in adults based upon results of empirically validated depression assessment scales used by researchers. A systematic published literature search was conducted using Web of Science, PsychInfo, PubMed, ProQuest, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Social Work Abstracts, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed research articles on the effectiveness of AAIs on depressive symptoms in adults using empirically validated depression scales published from 2010 through October 2020 were chosen for this systematic review. Search results were filtered to include only quantitative, peer-reviewed articles for adults 18 and over; those were reviewed, and only journal articles using an empirically established depression evaluation tool were chosen. A total of 10 quantitative articles met these inclusion criteria. Overall, research design quality was low, but AAI had a statistically significant effect on outcomes in most studies. Results are moderately favorable but more thorough, standardized, and controlled research is needed.
动物辅助干预(AAIs)治疗成人抑郁症状的有效性:一项系统综述
动物辅助干预(AAIs)已经变得广泛,针对不同人群和心理健康状况的项目。尽管它很受欢迎,但AAI的操作定义和功效尚不清楚。本系统综述旨在根据研究人员使用的经实证验证的抑郁评估量表的结果,评估AAIs在减轻成人抑郁症状方面的效用。使用Web of Science、PsychInfo、PubMed、ProQuest、SCOPUS、CINAHL、Social Work Abstracts、Web of Science和Google Scholar进行系统的已发表文献检索。本系统综述选择了2010年至2020年10月发表的同行评议的研究文章,这些文章使用经实证验证的抑郁量表,探讨了AAIs对成人抑郁症状的有效性。搜索结果经过过滤,只包括针对18岁及以上成年人的定量的、同行评审的文章;我们对这些文章进行了回顾,只选择了使用经验性抑郁评估工具的期刊文章。共有10篇定量文章符合这些纳入标准。总体而言,研究设计质量较低,但在大多数研究中,AAI对结果有统计学显著影响。结果一般有利,但需要更彻底、标准化和对照的研究。
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