A study of development of effectiveness scale of animal-assisted activity

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25893267
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Kanto Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: KIMATA Akiko 関東学院大学, 看護学部, 助手 (40714291)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 動物介在活動 / 補完代替療法 / 尺度開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The physical, emotional, and social effectiveness of animal-assisted activity has been reported; however, the basis of evaluation is not necessarily appropriate for animal-assisted activity, and not versatile and convenient enough. It will be important in the future to evaluate the effect of animal-assisted activity more easily and appropriately, and provide more feedback on the activity to raise its effectiveness as a complementary alternative medicine and help it to spread widely. This study aimed to develop a scale for ESAAA(Effectiveness Scale of Animal-Assisted Activity), and the developed scale was comprised of 15 items using a 4-point scale.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学