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  1. Companion care Sprowston branch are absolutely useless. The vet we saw put incorrect notes on our pets medical history and invalidated our insurance. The notes he wrote were not even discussed in the consultation room.

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    • Themes
    • Practical Work - Physical Activity and Symptom Distraction
    • Pets as Conduits to Social Interaction and Emotional Nourishment
    • Biographical Work - Identity, A Sense of Self-Worth and Existential Meaning
    • Negative Aspects of Pet Ownership

    Emotional work - alleviating worry, providing comfort and mitigating against feelings of isolation and loneliness

    Evidence from quantitative studies relating to contribution of pets to emotional work was mixed. There were significant findings for the benefits of canine companionship for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including effects on reducing feelings of loneliness, depression, worry and irritability, and increased feelings of calmness and there was some evidence for the direct effect of pets on depression and mood [30, 35] through close proximate contact and strok...

    Quantitative data implicating pets in the practical work associated with mental health management pointed to the impact of dog ownership on physical activity and self-reported quality of life related to physical health . One study found that those with pets were more significantly likely to use ambulatory mental health care than those without . Qu...

    A feature of the role attributed to pets in terms of mental health management in the qualitative data was the various ways in which they facilitated the quality and quantity of social interactions. Pets reportedly increased social interaction with others including friends and family and with more peripheral social interactions [9, 38]. They also f...

    The data implicating pets in biographical work was mostly derived from the qualitative data. Two quantitative studies addressed this type of work; one found that despite a low effect score, pet owners performed significantly higher than non-pet owners on meaningful activity scales and another found that since getting their pets individuals felt be...

    Despite an overall sense of the positive impact of pet ownership on the management of diagnosed mental health disorders, some negative aspects surfaced within individual quantitative and qualitative studies. This included aspects such as financial costs and housing situations, the burden of pet ownership especially if pets were unruly which could b...

    • Helen Louise Brooks, Kelly Rushton, Karina Lovell, Penny Bee, Lauren Walker, Laura Grant, Anne Roger...
    • 2018
  2. Feb 10, 2018 · Qualitative studies illuminated the intensiveness of connectivity people with companion animals reported, and the multi-faceted ways in which pets contributed to the work associated with...

  3. Feb 4, 2011 · This review has summarized many studies on the benefits of human–companion animal interaction. Both clinical and non-clinical samples attest to the perceived benefits of pet ownership and AAA, and the number of controlled studies supporting such claims is growing.

    • Sandra B. Barker, Aaron R. Wolen
    • 2008
  4. Nov 24, 2005 · Summary points. Over 90% of pet owners regard their pet as a valued family member. Reluctance to part with a pet may lead to non-compliance with health advice. Pets may be of particular value to older people and patients recovering from major illness.

    • June McNicholas, Andrew Gilbey, Ann Rennie, Sam Ahmedzai, Jo-Ann Dono, Elizabeth Ormerod
    • 2005
  5. Sep 1, 2010 · Evidence of the power of pets to influence this deadly disease through improved mental health jump-started a surge of research dedicated to studying the benefits of companion animals for human health.

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  7. May 27, 2020 · The relationship between animal health and public health with regard to companion animals, can be described as sharing the same living environment (both indoors and outdoors), being sensitive to a number of similar pathogens—zoonoses, and often treating with the same medicines if infections occur.