Table 2.

Proportion of participants that agree/strongly agree and mean for reasons patients may not want to have a visit by a therapy dog in the ED: Age.

Age Group	35 or Lower				36 to 49				50 or Higher
Reason	N	% Agree	M	SD	N	% Agree	M	SD	N	% Agree	M	SD
Diseases	32	19	2.4	1.10	32	13	1.9	1.13	31	13	2.2	1.13
Allergic	32	84	4.0	0.54	33	91	4.1	0.61	32	75	3.9	0.91
Cultural	32	28	3.0	0.82	33	30	3.0	1.06	32	63	3.6 *	0.88
Afraid	27	78	3.9	0.70	29	83	3.9	0.62	30	90	4.0	0.69

* Significantly higher p < 0.05.