对于患有创伤后应激障碍的退伍军人和军人服务犬:非随机对照试验
Sarah C Leighton1, Kerri E Rodriguez1, Clare L Jensen1
1College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Arizona, Oro Valley.
JAMA network open
|June 4, 2024
概括
精神病学服务犬显著减少了PTSD症状,并改善了退伍军人的心理社会功能. 这种补充性干预显示出与服役相关的PTSD的前景.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 退伍军人事务 退伍军人事务
- 动物辅助疗法是一种动物辅助疗法.
背景情况:
- 创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 显著影响军人和退伍军人.
- 精神服务犬越来越多地被寻求作为PTSD的补充干预.
- 精神服务犬对退伍军人PTSD的有效性仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估与精神病服务犬的伙伴关系和PTSD症状严重程度之间的关联.
- 评估精神病学服务犬对退伍军人的抑郁,焦虑和心理社会功能的影响.
- 确定精神病服务犬作为军事服务相关的PTSD补充干预措施的有效性.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项非随机对照试验,对156名被诊断患有PTSD的退伍军人进行了试验.
- 参与者被分配给接受精神病服务犬 (干预组) 或留在等待名单上 (对照组).
- 在基线和3个月的随访期间,对PTSD,抑郁症,焦虑症和心理社会功能进行了标准化评估.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,干预组在自我报告和临床医生评估的措施上显示PTSD症状严重程度明显较低.
- 与精神病服务犬合作的退伍军人报告了抑郁和焦虑症状的显著减少.
- 精神病医疗服务犬的伙伴关系与心理社会功能多个领域的改善有关,包括减少社会隔离.
结论:
- 与训练有素的精神病医疗服务犬的合作关系与退伍军人的PTSD症状严重程度降低和心理社会功能增强有关.
- 精神病学服务犬代表了与军事服务相关的PTSD的潜在有效补充治疗.
- 进一步的研究应该探索老兵群体中精神病服务犬的长期结果和作用机制.
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