Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02758886
Pet Your Stress Away Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 247 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Washington State University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an animal visitation programs on college campuses are effective in the treatment of college student stress reduction during preparation for final examinations.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Animal assisted activity | Allowed to interact (e.g. talking, petting, scratching, feeding treats, playing with) live animals |
| BEHAVIORAL | Animal photos | A 10 minute, silent, PowerPoint slide show of a variety of dogs and cats |
| BEHAVIORAL | Observing human-animal interaction | Participants watched others participate in petting dogs and cats, while they waited in line for 10 minutes. Participants did not physically touch any animals during this time. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-05-01
- First posted
- 2016-05-03
- Last updated
- 2017-12-07
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02758886. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.