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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2024

Life with pets study: lower income veterinary clients' perception of pets' quality of life.

Elizabeth B Strand, Kristel Scoresby, Hannah Walker, Ana Hernandez, Veronica Accornero, Lori Messinger, Pamela Linden, Chesney Ward, Matthew P Knight, Haley Engelman and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Elizabeth B Strand *Colleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Kristel Scoresby *College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Hannah WalkerColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Ana HernandezHumane Law Enforcement, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), New York, NY, United States.
Veronica AccorneroStrategy and Research, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), New York, NY, United States.
Lori MessingerCollege of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Pamela LindenColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Chesney WardColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Matthew P KnightColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Haley EngelmanColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Kristin MooreColleges of Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, Center for Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Margaret Ruth SlaterStrategy and Research, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), New York, NY, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perception of quality of life for cats and dogs of low-income Spanish and English-speaking veterinary clients attending problem focused or routine veterinary visits is an important area of focus for community based veterinary service providers. Using a qualitative approach, 50 New York City based American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) veterinary clients completed semi-structured interviews as well as a survey about their perception of life with their pets. Veterinary clients shared both human-animal bond (HAB) related and quality of life (QoL) related factors in their daily experience of life with their pets. Results indicated that this demographic perceives QoL similarly to previous QoL research that either does not report sample demographics or reports sample demographics with more affluence. Moreover, 60% of qualitative excerpts included both HAB and QoL themes and 40% were discretely HAB or QoL. An analog single item 10-point scale measuring veterinary client perception of their pets QoL did not differentiate between sample demographics at a statistically significant level. Finally, pet QoL literature has not traditionally reflected diverse demographic identities of veterinary clients or widely included reliable and valid measures of the human-animal bond (HAB). These results support the importance of measuring the HAB when researching pet QoL and provide evidence that lower-income Spanish and English-speaking veterinary clients are similarly bonded and attentive to their pets as other demographics.

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community veterinary medicinehuman-animal bondlow-income veterinary clientspet quality of lifeSpanish-speaking adults

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PMID39086764
PMCPMC11288882

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