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. 2021 Oct 14;18(20):10768. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010768
AAA Animal-Assisted Activity
AAC Animal-Assisted Coaching
AAE Animal-Assisted Education
AAI Animal-Assisted Intervention
AAT Animal-Assisted Therapy
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ANOVA analysis of variance
ANCOVA analysis of covariance
BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II
DO dog only
EALS equine-assisted learning supervision
EPPI Evidence for Policy and Practice Information
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
FBM Fogg Behavioural Model
F/up follow-up
HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
HEI higher education institute
HO handler only
IAHAIO International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations
IQR interquartile range
IRB Institutional Review Boards
MANCOVA multivariate analysis of covariance
MANOVA multivariate analysis of variance
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
MOS Social Support Scale Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Scale
NR not reported
NS not significant
PANAS Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
PASAT Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task
PICOS Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Study design
PSS Perceived Stress Scale
RCT randomised controlled trial
SART Sustained Attention to Response Task
SD standard deviation
SES socioeconomic status
SSS student support services
STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
SWLS Satisfaction with Life Score
TIDieR template for intervention description and replication
UMACL University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology Mood Adjective Checklist
UWIST University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology
WAIQ Scale-IV Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV
WEMWBS Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
Yrs years