{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wagner C"],"funding":["Swiss National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["E3108"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6747524"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(17)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The aim of this study was to investigate inpatient and staff member attitudes toward and experiences with ward cats, and identify possible mechanisms for how cats affect patient satisfaction in a psychiatric clinic. Thirty-three inpatients diagnosed with depression or psychosis residing on wards with and without cats and 17 staff members working on wards with cats participated in semi-structured interviews using a cross-sectional study design. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and correlations. The results showed that 17 out of 19 inpatients and all the staff members liked having a cat on their ward. Further, 12 out of 14 inpatients on wards without cats would like having a cat on their ward. Inpatient perceptions of the cat's impact on the ward atmosphere correlated significan"],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pubmed_title":["\"There Is a Cat on Our Ward\": Inpatient and Staff Member Attitudes toward and Experiences with Cats in a Psychiatric Ward."],"pmcid":["PMC6747524"],"funding_grant_id":["174082"],"pubmed_authors":["Hediger K","Wagner C","Lang UE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"\"There Is a Cat on Our Ward\": Inpatient and Staff Member Attitudes toward and Experiences with Cats in a Psychiatric Ward.","description":"The aim of this study was to investigate inpatient and staff member attitudes toward and experiences with ward cats, and identify possible mechanisms for how cats affect patient satisfaction in a psychiatric clinic. Thirty-three inpatients diagnosed with depression or psychosis residing on wards with and without cats and 17 staff members working on wards with cats participated in semi-structured interviews using a cross-sectional study design. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and correlations. The results showed that 17 out of 19 inpatients and all the staff members liked having a cat on their ward. Further, 12 out of 14 inpatients on wards without cats would like having a cat on their ward. Inpatient perceptions of the cat's impact on the ward atmosphere correlated significan","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Aug","modification":"2025-04-18T23:39:15.656Z","creation":"2019-10-11T07:06:13Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6747524","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31461841"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph16173108"]}}