Review Article
The Benefit of Pets and Animal-Assisted Therapy to the Health of Older Individuals
Table 2
Studies on the use of animals on blood pressure.
| Study | Type of study | | Summary of results |
| Allen et al. [34] | Randomized, unblinded, prospective, controlled | 48 | Subjects had lower blood pressure and heart rates in response to an acute mental stressor in the presence of a pet |
| Friedmann et al. [35] | Controlled, unblinded, prospective | 11 | Blood pressure lower when animal and acute mental stressor present |
| Barker et al. [36] | Controlled, unblinded, prospective | 10 | Pet owners reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the presence of animal when mental stressor present |
| Anderson et al. [38] | Retrospective chart survey | 5741 | Pet owners had lower resting blood pressure |
| Wright et al. [39] | Mail questionnaire | 1179 | Pet owners had lower systolic, mean arteriolar, pulse pressures, risk of HTN (O.R. = 0.62) |
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