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TERAPEUTISK DJURKONTAKTS PÅVERKAN PÅ BETEENDEMÄSSIGA OCH PSYKISKA SYMTOM VID DEMENS
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Personer med demens är en snabbt växande patientgrupp både i Sverige och runt om i världen där siffran förväntas stiga till 152 miljoner personer världen över till år 2050. Sjukdomen är irreversibel och upp till 90% av alla med demens upplever någon gång under sjukdomsförloppet beteendemässiga och psykiska symtom (BPSD) i olika former som till exempel aggression eller depression. Terapeutisk djurkontakt har visat sig minska stress hos studenter och även minskat ensamheten hos äldre med hjälp av icke-verbala kommunikation. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka vilken evidens som finns för att terapeutisk djurkontakt påverkar beteendemässiga och psykiska symtom hos personer med demenssjukdom. Metod: Studien genomfördes som en litteraturstudie med inriktning på terapeutisk djurkontakt inom behandling av demens. Databassökningen genomfördes med blocksökningar i CINAHL, PubMed samt PsycINFO. Litteraturstudien baseras på elva empiriska studier med kvantitativ ansats som fokuserar på terapeutisk djurkontakt och demens. Artiklarna har kvalitetsgranskats av författarna. Resultat: Det fanns bristande evidens för att terapeutisk djurkontakt påverkar BPSD på grund av stora skillnader i artiklarnas resultat. Fyra teman påträffades i studierna som fokuserade på Depression, Aggression och agiterat beteende, Sociala interaktioner och apati samt Påverkan på generellt beteende. Konklusion: Trots att terapeutisk djurkontakt har använts tidigare baserat på beprövad erfarenhet, kan denna litteraturstudie inte hitta ett samstämmigt svar på om terapeutisk djurkontakt verkligen påverkar BPSD.

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Background: People with dementia is a fast growing group of patients in Sweden as well as the rest of the world, the number is expected to increase to 152 million people worldwide in 2050. The disease is irreversible and up to 90% of all people with dementia will experience behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) in different forms like aggression or depression during the course of the disease. Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) has shown effect in relieving stress among students, it has also shown a decrease in loneliness among elderly trough animals unique non-verbal communication. Aim: The aim with this literature review was to explore if there is existing evidence that animal-assisted therapy has an impact on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Method: The study was conducted as a literature review with a quantitative approach with focus on animal-assisted therapy as a treatment for BPSD. The literature review was based on eleven empirical studies who share relevant content from the search that were made in CINAHL, PubMed and PsycINFO. The articles were quality reviewed by the authors. Results: There were lacking evidence that AAT had an effect on BPSD based on the differences in the articles findings. Four themes were developed from the studies and had focus on Depression, Aggression and agitated behaviors, Social interactions and apathy and General impact on behaviors which were not defined as aggression and depression. Conclusion: Despite the previous use of animal-assisted therapy based on previous experiences, this literature review did not find a unanimous answer to whether AAT affects BPSD among people with dementia.

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Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle , 2019. , p. 49
Keywords [sv]
Animal-Assisted therapy, Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, Dementia, Evidence-based practice, Quantitative studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24728Local ID: 28809OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-24728DiVA, id: diva2:1486149
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