Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

5 questions · 5 findings · 1 reviews · Dementia and Cognitive Improvement

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Animal‐assisted therapy (AAT (live animal)) vs no AAT

Depressive symptoms · people with dementia

1 finding from 1 review

Animal‐assisted therapy for dementia 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 83 participants
Low

Animal‐assisted therapy (AAT (live animal)) vs no AAT

Social functioning measured using MOSES, Withdrawn Behaviour subscale (8‐ 32, higher score indicates more severe withdrawn behaviour) · people with dementia

1 finding from 1 review

Animal‐assisted therapy for dementia 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 58 participants
Low

Animal‐assisted therapy (AAT (live animal)) vs no AAT

Behaviour · people with dementia

1 finding from 1 review

Animal‐assisted therapy for dementia 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 142 participants
Very low

Animal‐assisted therapy (AAT (live animal)) vs no AAT

Agitation and irritability · people with dementia

1 finding from 1 review

Animal‐assisted therapy for dementia 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 143 participants
Very low

Animal‐assisted therapy (AAT (live animal)) vs robotic animals

Neuropsychiatric symptoms · people with dementia

1 finding from 1 review

Animal‐assisted therapy for dementia 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 78 participants
Low