Table 3:
Research study design and assessment types, categorized by species and sorted by sample size
| First author (Year) | N | Study design | Assessment Type | Raters/Informants | Ethics Review | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect Size | Survey | Interview | Observation | Physiology | Research team | Parent | Teacher | Self | Blinded | Human | Animal | ||||||
| HORSES | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabriels (2015) | 116 | Randomized control | x | x | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | x | x | - | |||
| Borgi (2015) | 28 | Randomized control | - | x | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | x | x | - | |||
| Steiner (2015) | 26 | Randomized control (ABA) | - | x | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Lanning (2014) | 25 | Non-randomized control | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | |||
| Ward (2013) | 21 | Repeated measures (ABAB) | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Garcia-Gomez (2014) | 16 | Non-randomized control | x | x | x | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | - | |||
| Tabares (2012) | 8 | Pre-post | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Ajzenman (2013) | 7 | Pre-post | x | x | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Jenkins (2013) | 7 | Single-subject (AB) | - | x | - | x | - | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ghorban (2013) | 6 | Pre-post | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Chen (2015) | 4 | Single-subject (AB) | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | |||
| Holm (2014) | 3 | Single-subject (ABA) | - | - | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| DOGS | |||||||||||||||||
| Fung (2014) | 10 | Randomized control | x | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | x | x | x | |||
| Grigore (2014) | 3 | Single-subject (ABAC) | x | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Stevenson (2015) | 3 | Single-subject (A) | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | - | |||
| Funahashi (2014) | 2 | Single-subject (A) | - | - | - | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Fung (2015) | 1 | Single-subject (ABA) | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | |||
| GUINEA PIGS | |||||||||||||||||
| O’Haire (2015) | 99 | Repeated measures (AB) | x | x | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | x | x | |||
| O’Haire (2014) | 64 | Repeated measures (AB) | x | x | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | x | x | |||
| O’Haire (2013) | 33 | Repeated measures (ABA) | x | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | x | x | x | |||
| DOLPHINS | |||||||||||||||||
| MdYusof (2012) | 15 | Pre-post | x | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Salgueiro (2012) | 10 | Pre-post-follow-up | - | x | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - | x | x | |||
| COMPANION ANIMALS | |||||||||||||||||
| Carlisle (2014) | 70 | Qualitative | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Carlisle (2015) | 70 | Non-randomized control | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | |||
| Wright (2015) | 62 | Non-randomized control | x | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Grandgeorge (2012) | 40 | Non-randomized control | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| Bystrom (2015) | 13 | Qualitative | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | |||
| SERVICE ANIMALS | |||||||||||||||||
| Burgoyne (2014) | 164 | Non-randomized control | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | x | - | |||