# Biobehavioral Effects of Therapy Dog Visitation in Elderly Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

> **NCT02997852** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston** · enrollment: 15 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Psychosocial Stress

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Therapy dog visitation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02997852
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-07-25
- **Primary completion:** 2018-02-26
- **Final completion:** 2018-02-26
- **Target enrollment:** 15 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-05

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02997852

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02997852, "Biobehavioral Effects of Therapy Dog Visitation in Elderly Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Pilot and Feasibility Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02997852. Licensed CC0.

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