This is the amazing thing that dogs do for our health
A study that examined the effect of dogs on patients in emergency rooms found what every dog lover knows - it is the perfect remedy for some of the pains.
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18/03/2022
Friday, March 18, 2022, 00:15
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In case you did not know yet - a dog is definitely man's best friend.
A new study found that just 10 minutes with a four-legged friend helped patients suffering from emergency room pain.
The results support what dog lovers everywhere have long suspected - dog love cures any ailment, and also provides little optimism to patients and the medical staff dealing with routine stress but especially in the last two years of the corona.
"There are quite a few studies that show that pets are an important part of our health in different ways. They motivate us, they establish us, provide us with a routine, and of course there is a connection between man and animal," said lead author Colin Del, research chair at One Health and Wellness and a professor at the University of Saskatchewan.
The study, published in the journal PLOS One, asked more than 200 patients in the emergency room to report
their pain level on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the highest pain level).
The control group had no intervention for their pain, whereas the participants in the second group were given 10 minutes with a treatment dog.
The results showed that those who received the visit from the dogs reported less pain.
A perfect animal.
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Prof Dell said she hopes this study will put an end to the question of whether care dogs are really helpful in a medical context, and get people to start asking how they help and how to better integrate them with health teams.
"Emergency services teams can experience moral distress due to their inability to meet their expectations for optimal care. The presence of a care dog not only has the benefits of supporting the patient experience, but it also serves as a comfort to caregivers," the researchers said.
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So what is it about dogs that helps us so much and soothes?
First and foremost, spending time with a creature that makes you happy and does not cancel out your emotions is likely to make you feel better.
Other studies have shown that dogs reduce stress, anxiety, depression, alleviate loneliness, encourage exercise and improve their owners' overall health.
In addition, the evidence also suggests that exposure to dogs produces a mild level of stress that helps infants develop adequate coping mechanisms for managing anxiety and threat, and people with dogs tend to have lower blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease.
The wedding line of one of the researchers: "Only playing with dogs alone has been shown to raise oxytocin and dopamine, and create positive emotions."
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