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Table 2 Self-reported employee mood and burnout before vs. after program participation

From: Developing an animal-assisted support program for healthcare employees

Values represent means

Pre-Participation

Post-Participation

p-value

Mooda

2.9

4.5

0.000

Patient-Related Burnout b

40.0

18.0

0.002

Work-Related Burnout b

53.7

48.0

0.38

Personal Burnoutb

52.5

46.9

0.40

  1. aMeasured via the Puppy Mood Scale
  2. bMeasured via the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) [30]