Journal article
Influence of Companion Animals on the Physical and Psychological Health of Older People: An Analysis of a One‐Year Longitudinal Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether companion animals or attachment to a companion animal was associated with changes in physical and psychological health in older people and whether the relationships between physical and psychological health and human social networks were modified by the presence or absence of a companion animal.
DESIGN: A 1-year longitudinal study with standardized telephone interview data collected at baseline and repeated at …
Authors
Raina P; Waltner‐Toews D; Bonnett B; Woodward C; Abernathy T
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 323–329
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
3 1999
DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02996.x
ISSN
0002-8614