NCT06652269

The Impact of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Patients with Substance Use Disorder in a Psychiatric Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to assess whether an EAP program affects anxiety, depression, and stress, which are often associated with substance use disorder. The management of these conditions has a major impact on the control of the addiction.

Detailed description

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an EAP program on 32 respondents in the experimental group and 36 in the control group. These respondents were patients in a psychiatric hospital who were taking part in an addiction treatment program. The EAP program was conducted weekly over four weeks, with each session lasting three hours. The treatment effects were assessed using the STAI-Y modules 1 and 2, BAI, PSS, and DASS-21 questionnaires. The groups were compared before and after the four-week observation period.

Conditions

• Substance Abuse Disorder
• Anxiety
• Depression Secondary to Other Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Psychopharmacology intervention	Psychotherapy with horses

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-23
• Primary completion: 2023-12-15
• Completion: 2023-12-15
• First posted: 2024-10-22
• Last updated: 2024-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia