TABLE 4.

The influence of pet on psychological interventions

Interventions	No a % (n c )	Yes b % (N d )	p value e
Bring sense of security	14.9 (27)	85.1 (154)	0.0001***
Bring sense of comfort	11.0 (20)	89.0 (161)	0.0001***
Relieve insomnia	23.8 (43)	46.4 (84)	0.0001***
Relieve excessive sleep	26.0 (47)	49.7 (90)	0.0001***
Relieve anxiety	5.0 (9)	80.1 (145)	0.0001***
Relieve depression	6.1 (11)	79.0 (143)	0.0001***
Relieve fatigue	6.6 (12)	79.6 (144)	0.0005***
Increase enthusiasm	6.6 (12)	76.3 (138)	0.0001***
Relieve inattention	19.9 (36)	53.6 (97)	0.0001***
Mitigate sense of uncertainty	24.9 (45)	42.0 (76)	0.0001***
Mitigate sense of worry	19.9 (36)	55.8 (101)	0.0001***

^a Pets had no roles on psychological Interventions for their owner.

^b Pets had varying degrees of psychological interventions on their owners.

^c The number of people whose pets had no roles on psychological interventions for their owner.

^d The number of people whose pets had varying degrees of psychological interventions on their owners.

^e Student's t test was performed to compare the grouped differences of categorical variables.

^* p < 0.05.

^** p < 0.01.

^*** p < 0.001.