id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_zu7iynf7hnb2vpnltruepuqawq Fabrizio Bert Animal assisted intervention: A systematic review of benefits and risks 2016.0 20 .pdf application/pdf 6866 639 50 Animal Assisted Intervention: a systematic review of benefits and risks Animal Assisted Intervention: a systematic review of benefits and risks papers considering effectiveness or risks of animal use in hospitals were included. Most studies used dogs, but other animals were effectively employed including horses, fishes, cats The Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a health intervention, meant to improve physical, social, Furthermore, the risks of implementing animal therapeutic interventions especially in hospitals are not An accurate knowledge of the effectiveness and risks of animal use in hospital is essential to implement Differently, another study analyzed the impact of dog-therapy on patients with chronic heart failure to Two studies considered the implementation of a dog-AAT in hospital wards(34,35). Two studies investigated the prevalence of infective agents in petvisitation animals in hospitals or in long-term care facilities(17,44). Our review investigated the effectiveness and risks of animal assisted therapies in hospitals. Animal-assisted therapy in patients hospitalized ./cache/work_zu7iynf7hnb2vpnltruepuqawq.pdf ./txt/work_zu7iynf7hnb2vpnltruepuqawq.txt