Abstract
The introduction of Animal Assisted Interventions (AAIs) in healthcare is relatively common; however, their actual effectiveness and long-term impact are not so well known, especially in relation to the children's hospital setting. It is important to plot where and why animal interventions take place but also to focus on how the human animal bond impacts on children in a children's hospital setting. Family members, including companion animals, are important supports which help children to relax and give them a sense of familiarity to navigate the busy and stressful hospital environment. The scoping review of the literature proposed will explore the scientific evidence base for AAIs in children's hospitals and will map results prior to undertaking a full scale research project. Arksey and O'Malley's framework guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute will frame this review protocol. Appendices are used to ensure transparency of methods. The protocol is presented in narrative style to demonstrate flow, fluency, and appeal to wider readership.
Highlights
Results from 1. and 2. will be combined and further combined with 3. to reveal full list of articles to be initially screened by title and abstract purposes of this review, but to focus on the published literature in an effort to ensure a higher scientific value of research is searched and reported
The advantage of Endnote is that a research diary of each search can be made by dating each file upon import of search results and the number of articles retrieved can be added to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart advocated by the Joanna Briggs Institute (Peters et al, 2017 & Peters et al, 2020)
Any consultation with children will require ethical approval and this will be obtained before any consultation takes place later in the research project
Summary
To reveal full list of articles to be initially screened by title and abstract purposes of this review, but to focus on the published literature in an effort to ensure a higher scientific value of research is searched and reported. The advantage of Endnote is that a research diary of each search can be made by dating each file upon import of search results and the number of articles retrieved can be added to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart advocated by the Joanna Briggs Institute (Peters et al, 2017 & Peters et al, 2020). This strategy has been reported in the literature as being an effective method (Daudt et al, 2013). Any consultation with children will require ethical approval and this will be obtained before any consultation takes place later in the research project
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