# The Role of Therapy Dogs in Reducing Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness Among Hospitalized Children

> **NCT05551156** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Virginia Commonwealth University** · enrollment: 67 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hospitalized Children

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Animal-assisted interaction
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Conversational interaction

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05551156
- **Lead sponsor:** Virginia Commonwealth University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2023-06-30
- **Primary completion:** 2025-02-17
- **Final completion:** 2025-02-17
- **Target enrollment:** 67 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-27

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05551156

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05551156, "The Role of Therapy Dogs in Reducing Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness Among Hospitalized Children". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05551156. Licensed CC0.

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