Effects of animal-assisted activity on self-reported feelings of pain in hospitalized children and adolescents

Abstract Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) is an approach recently introduced into the hospital environment to improve the quality of hospitalization and provide important benefits for patients with chronic diseases and long-term hospitalizations. This work aims to verify the effects of animal-assi...

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Main Authors: Tatiane Ichitani, Maria Claudia Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-10-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722016000104106&lng=en&tlng=en