Horse-assisted Intervention, Heart Rate Variability & Stress
ConditionPsychological Stress
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorMedical University of Graz
About this trial
In this study, the effects of an animal-assisted intervention on people with increased stress levels are investigated. The data collected will be compared with those of participants with high stress levels but without animal-assisted intervention (participants only observe nature) and with a control group consisting of people without stress exposure.
The study will be performed in the following setting: Questionnaire examination on chronic stress, questionnaire on current well-being and heart rate variability (HRV) measurement before the horse-assisted intervention, one HRV measurement and one questionnaire examination (POMS) on current well-being after the horse-assisted intervention, one questionnaire (POMS) on current well-being 5 days after the horse-assisted intervention.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male, female and diverse
Age between 18-75 years
Disqualifiers
Animal hair allergies (especially horse hair allergies, fear of horses)
Acute severe psychiatric conditions (e.g. psychosis)
Persons, unable to give signed informed consent,
All persons, who have not signed the informed consent form.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- animal-assisted intervention
- watching the countryside
Treatment groups
123 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov