Berget 2008.

Methods	Design: parallel randomised controlled trial
Participants	Participants: adult psychiatric inpatients and outpatients with various diagnosesa Sex: (for whole sample) 59 women; 31 men Age: (for whole sample) mean = 34.7 years (SD = 10.7, range = 18 to 58) Unit of allocation: individual participant Number randomised: for whole sample n = 90 (n = 60 intervention group; n = 30 control group; data not extractable for any AsPD subgroupa) Number completing: data not extractable for any AsPD subgroupa Setting: community; 15 sites (farms); rural; Oslo (Norway) Inclusion criteria: adults currently receiving psychiatric care (both inpatients and outpatients) Exclusion criteria: aged less than 18 years; acute psychotic disorder; mental retardation; serious drug addiction; being in a job during the 6 months prior to start of intervention Ethnicity: no information Baseline characteristics: (for whole samplea) current inpatients = 14/90 (15.5%); current outpatients = 76/90 (84.5%); ill for more than 5 years (> 50%); treated in psychiatric institutions for > 3 years (72%); receiving daily medication (83%)
Interventions	Two conditions: animal‐assisted therapy with farm animals plus treatment‐as‐usual (AAT + TAU); or treatment‐as‐usual (TAU) Experimental group (number randomised unknown for AsPD subgroupa): AAT + TAU Control group (number randomised unknown for AsPD subgroupa): TAU Details of conditions: AAT comprised farm visit for 3 hours twice a week for 12 weeks to work with farm animals TAU comprised ‘standard therapy’ and stable medical treatment Duration of intervention: 12 weeks Duration of trial: 9 months Length of follow‐up: Participants were followed up for 6 months after end of treatment.
Outcomes	Primary outcomes None Secondary outcomes Leaving the study early: proportion of participants discontinuing treatment Quality of life: scores on the Quality of Life Scale Other outcomes Self‐efficacy: scores on the Generalised Self‐Efficacy Scale Coping ability: scores on the Coping Strategies Scale
Notes	aStudy may have recruited a subgroup with AsPD since 22 of 90 participants had an ICD‐10 F60‐69 disorder (disorder of adult personality and behaviour). No data extractable on any AsPD subgroup. Awaiting clarification from investigators (Berget 2008)