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work_vcxdynals5bi5c6nby2dutklku	Amanda Bulette Coakley	Creating a therapeutic and healing environment with a pet therapy program	2009.0	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5649	574	54	To determine whether pet therapy interventions improve physiological, behavioral and mood outcomes and Paired t-tests were used to evaluate changes from baseline following a pet therapy intervention. mind-body interventions, therapeutic touch and pets to help patients cope with stressors while hospitalized The Pet Therapy program uses volunteer handlers and their own dogs to visit patients on twelve pilot pet therapy program provided comfort to patients, stress decreased and the hospital experience was seen are a few studies that show how pets can affect these behaviors and responses to patients in the hospital There are a few studies that have examined the experience of pet therapy with patients (G iuliano & Bell, however none that have studied pet therapy program as an intervention that has an impact on recovery. visit would have lower vital signs, less pain, more energy and better mood after experiencing the pet therapy	./cache/work_vcxdynals5bi5c6nby2dutklku.pdf	./txt/work_vcxdynals5bi5c6nby2dutklku.txt