Impact of Dog-Assisted Therapy for Institutionalized Patients With Dementia: A Controlled Clinical Trial.

Context: Animal-assisted interventions have been used in recent years to complement other therapies of various types for dementia patients.

Objective: The study intended to evaluate the benefits of dog-assisted interventions for the emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and functional areas of the lives of dementia patients.

Design: The research team designed an experimental study that used dog-assisted therapy (DAT) as the intervention.

[Impact of the duration of labor in the neonatal state measured by arterial blood gas at birth.].

Objective: The duration of labor has become a central axis of its clinical management, most of the studies that analyze its relationship with the neonatal state focus on indirect tests such as the Apgar test or admissions to the NICU. The aim of the study was to analyze the repercussions of the duration of labor on the condition of the neonates without added risk factors through a direct analysis test such as the umbilical artery blood gas test at birth.

Methods: An observational, analytical, retrospective, and prevalence study was conducted on a sample of 286 infants no previous risk factors obtained from the computerized clinical registry.

Analysis of Factors Associated With Variability and Acidosis of the Umbilical Artery pH at Birth.

Perinatal asphyxia is a significant contributing factor for neonatal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical factors associated with umbilical artery pH variability and fetal acidosis at birth. This is a single center cross-sectional study in a public regional hospital in southeastern Spain from January to December 2019.

Benefits of Dog-Assisted Therapy in Patients with Dementia Residing in Aged Care Centers in Spain.

(1) Background: Currently, the scientific evidence on the benefits of assisted therapy with dogs in dementia is not clear. In this study, we want to evaluate such benefits through a randomized controlled clinical trial in multiple centers across the country. (2) Methods: The participants were people over 65 years old with dementia, residing in senior centers in Spain ( = 334).

[Mothers Talk. Part Unless Told of Voluntary Abortion].

The aim of the study was to investigate the experiences linked to the post-abortion syndrome in mothers who have had a voluntary abortion. A phenomenological qualitative approach to collect the experiences of mothers who had voluntarily interrupted their pregnancy was used. The research technique was the semistructured interviews with women who had contacted different association's help of the Murcia region for support after experiencing symptoms consistent with post-abortion syndrome.