Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and the Presence of Cats in Psychiatric Wards

J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Dec;24(12):1219-1220. doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0263. Epub 2018 Aug 2.

Authors

Julia C Templin¹, Karin Hediger^{2

3

4}, Cora Wagner², Undine E Lang¹

Affiliations

¹ University Psychiatric Clinic (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Animal Relationship (IEMT), Basel, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: animal-assisted intervention; cats; human-animal interaction; patient satisfaction; psychiatric therapy.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animal Assisted Therapy / methods*
Animals
Cats
Female
Human-Animal Bond*
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Middle Aged
Patient Satisfaction*
Psychiatric Department, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Switzerland