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Sandra B. Barker
Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University
Publications - 31
Citations - 1728
Sandra B. Barker is an academic researcher from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Repeated measures design. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1558 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandra B. Barker include VCU Medical Center.
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The Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Anxiety Ratings of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients
TL;DR: Animal-assisted therapy was associated with reduced state anxiety levels for hospitalized patients with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, while a routine therapeutic recreation session was associatedwith reduced levels only for patients with mood disorders.
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The Benefits of Human–Companion Animal Interaction: A Review
Sandra B. Barker,Aaron R. Wolen +1 more
TL;DR: A promising number of controlled studies support the health benefits of interacting with companion animals and studies focusing on the benefits of pet ownership are presented first.
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Effects of animal-assisted therapy on patients' anxiety, fear, and depression before ECT
TL;DR: Animal-assisted therapy may have a useful role in psychiatric and medical therapies in which the therapeutic procedure is inherently fear-inducing or has a negative societal perception.
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Measuring stress and immune response in healthcare professionals following interaction with a therapy dog: a pilot study.
TL;DR: The optimal time for measuring serum or salivary cortisol following interaction with a therapy dog was 45 min., with changes in salivARY cortisol reflecting serum cortisol changes, and findings suggest stress reduction in healthcare professionals may occur after as little as 5 min. of interaction.
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Exploratory Study of Stress-Buffering Response Patterns from Interaction with a Therapy Dog
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the physiological stress response to human-animal interactions in a non-clinical sample of adult dog owners interacting with their own or an unfamiliar therapy dog under similar conditions.