动物辅助互动对患有晚期癌症的儿童的影响
Anne Byrd Mahoney1, Terrah Foster Akard2, Brittany A Cowfer3
1Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Journal of palliative medicine
|February 17, 2026
概括
动物辅助交互 (AAI) 改善了晚期癌症儿童的生活质量 (QoL),并在八周内减少了护理人员的压力. 在AAI期间测量像皮质醇和上腺素这样的压力激素是可行的.
科学领域:
- 儿科瘤学 儿科瘤学
- 心理社会支持 心理社会支持
- 补充疗法 补充疗法
背景情况:
- 患有晚期癌症的儿童及其照顾者面临严重的压力,影响生活质量 (QoL).
- 动物辅助交互 (AAI) 对儿科患者来说是有前途的,但在晚期癌症中尚未得到充分研究.
- 这项研究解决了对AAI在这个弱势群体中的好处的证据的需求.
研究的目的:
- 评估AAI对晚期癌症儿童的QoL和抑郁症状的影响.
- 评估AAI对护理人员压力水平的影响.
- 为了确定在AAI会议期间测量压力激素的可行性.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向队列研究,涉及29名患有晚期癌症的儿童和29名护理人员.
- 参与者在常规瘤诊所期间参加了长达八周的AAI.
- 通过调查评估了 QoL,抑郁症状和护理人员压力;测量了唾液皮质醇和血清上腺素/胰腺素.
主要成果:
- 儿童的QOL分数 (整体和身体) 和护理人员代理的QOL分数显著改善.
- 在研究期间,护理人员的压力水平在统计学上显著下降.
- 收集唾液皮质醇和血清上腺 / 上腺是可行的,在AAI会议后观察到显著下降.
结论:
- 在八周的时间里,AAI显然提高了晚期癌症儿童的QOL,并减轻了护理人员的压力.
- 在AAI期间收集压力生物标志物 (皮质醇,上腺素,上腺素) 的可行性得到证实.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解这些压力激素减少在儿童的生理影响.
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