# Effects of Animal Assisted Activity on Biobehavioral Stress Responses of Hospitalized Children: A Randomized Control Trial

> **NCT03017027** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston** · enrollment: 53 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Psychosocial Stress

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Therapy dog visitation (TDV)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** non-TDV control

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03017027
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-03
- **Primary completion:** 2016-01
- **Final completion:** 2016-01
- **Target enrollment:** 53 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03017027

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03017027, "Effects of Animal Assisted Activity on Biobehavioral Stress Responses of Hospitalized Children: A Randomized Control Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03017027. Licensed CC0.

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