Animal-Assisted Therapy

Preferred Label : Animal-Assisted Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Pet Therapy;

NCIt related terms : pet-facilitated therapy;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of therapy that uses dogs or other pets to improve the physical and mental health of patients with certain acute or chronic diseases. It is being studied as a way to relieve distress in cancer patients undergoing treatment for pain.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000538627; CDR0000572146;

Details

Origin ID

C64868;

UMLS CUI

C0150133;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Animal-assisted therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Pet therapy [MedDRA LLT]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Animal Assisted Therapy [ICNP mean]
- Animal-assisted therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- animal assisted therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- animal assisted therapy [MeSH concept]
- pet therapy [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Animal Assisted Therapy [ICNP intervention]
- Animal-assisted therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Animal-assisted therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- animal assisted therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
- animal assisted therapy [MeSH concept]
- pet therapy [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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