id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_nmaufsjixrcvrejpgcjggvlqny Antonio Santaniello Animal-Assisted Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Approach in Alzheimer's Disease: A Retrospective Study 2020.0 10 .pdf application/pdf 6722 1057 69 of non-pharmacological therapy is animal-assisted therapy (AAT), where the dog is a valid support to period of time (2012–2019), AAT interventions adapted to reality orientation therapy (ROT), in groups non-pharmacological therapy in the treatment of deficits deriving from Alzheimer's disease patients. AAT interventions adapted to the formal reality orientation therapy (ROT), a group receiving a formal As in a session of formal ROT, the AAT adapted session aimed to stimulate cognitive functions the dog addressed to the patients based on the formal reality orientation therapy (ROT) protocol by 1 MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination, 2 GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; 3 AAT = animal-assisted therapy; improvements from dog activities were measured by changes in the MMSE and GDS tests at T0 and T1. For the AAT group, MMSE increased and GDS decreased significantly (p < 0.05, test for paired data) Effects of animal assisted therapy (AAT) carried out with dogs on the evolution of ./cache/work_nmaufsjixrcvrejpgcjggvlqny.pdf ./txt/work_nmaufsjixrcvrejpgcjggvlqny.txt