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work_fg2z2yagdvhffaxbizkfyrxu3u	Bella Etingen	Developing an animal-assisted support program for healthcare employees	2020.0	9	.pdf	application/pdf	6651	576	56	Developing an animal-assisted support program for healthcare employees Workplace animal therapy programs offer a potential strategy for improving employee well-being; feasibility, acceptability and preliminary impact of an animal-assisted support program to improve healthcare Methods: In this mixed-methods pilot intervention study, we implemented an animal-assisted support program in Differences in mood and burnout pre/post program participation were assessed with t-tests. Employees reported significantly lower levels of patient-related burnout (e.g., how much exhaustion at work relates suggested that employees were highly satisfied with the program, noticed an improved clinic atmosphere, and Conclusions: Establishing an animal-assisted support program for employees in a busy healthcare clinic is feasible and protecting against the potential for burnout is offering animal-assisted support programs for employees. On the post-implementation survey, we asked participants to rate the extent to which they liked the program Participating in the program significantly improved employee's mood in real-time (t(316) = − 17.97, p = 0.000),	./cache/work_fg2z2yagdvhffaxbizkfyrxu3u.pdf	./txt/work_fg2z2yagdvhffaxbizkfyrxu3u.txt