Trials.
Publisher:
BioMed Central,
Frequency: Annual
Country: England
Language: English
Start Year:2006 -
ISSN:
1745-6215 (Electronic)
1745-6215 (Linking)
1745-6215 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.5
2022
| NLM ID: | 101263253 |
| (OCoLC): | 63290284 |
| LCCN: | 2006243052 |
Equine-assisted biographical work (EABW) with individuals in the second half of life: study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Equine-assisted therapy is more often practiced with children and adolescents than with the elderly, although individuals in the second half of life could also profit from it. This group, from the age of 50, is characterised by increasing emotional, social, health-related and cognitive changes; a critical life event, such as a neurological illness or loss of a family member, can increase the likelihood of subclinical depression. Individuals who exhibit depressive symptoms not necessarily diagnosed with a major depression may suffer from relevant losses of quality of life (e.g. sleep disorders,...