Table 3.
Factors with the potential to affect veterinarians’ perception of the pain caused by canine ovariohysterectomy in the first 24 h after surgery, if no analgesics were given: descriptive statistics and unconditional associations
| Variable name | n | Mean pain ranking (s)a | Correlation coefficient | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinarian’s sex | 0.006 | |||
| Male | 110 | 5.4 (1.9) | — | |
| Female | 167 | 6.0 (1.8) | — | |
| Number of years since graduation | 280 | — | −0.32 | < 0.001 |
| School of graduation | 0.149 | |||
| Atlantic Veterinary College | 76 | 5.9 (1.8) | — | |
| Ontario Veterinary College | 106 | 5.7 (1.9) | — | |
| Western College of Veterinary Medicine | 46 | 6.0 (1.9) | — | |
| University of Montreal | 34 | 5.3 (1.9) | — | |
| Other | 15 | 5.2 (2.0) | — | |
| Practice type (small animal or mixed practice) | 0.803 | |||
| Mixed | 82 | 5.7 (2.2) | — | |
| Companion animal | 196 | 5.7 (1.8) | — | |
| Region of Canada in which practice located | 0.377 | |||
| Atlantic Canada | 134 | 5.6 (1.8) | — | |
| Quebec | 22 | 5.6 (2.0) | — | |
| Ontario | 68 | 6.1 (1.7) | — | |
| Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta | 30 | 6.0 (2.2) | — | |
| British Columbia | 23 | 5.5 (2.1) | — | |
| Number of veterinarians in the practice | 280 | — | 0.02 | 0.746 |
| Ratio of animal health technicians (AHTs) to veterinarians | 0.083 | |||
| Exceeds 1 AHT per 2 veterinarians | 124 | 6.0 (1.9) | — | |
| Equal to or less than 1 AHT per 2 veterinarians | 150 | 5.6 (1.8) | — | |
| Average monthly number of surgeries, per veterinarian | 280 | — | −0.074 | 0.222 |
| Most highly rated concern (on a scale of 1 to 10) from among various negative aspects (side effects; cost) of each of | ||||
| Butorphanol | 274 | — | −0.054 | 0.38 |
| Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs | 276 | — | −0.044 | 0.46 |
| Knowledge of analgesia reported to be | 0.02 | |||
| Adequate | 136 | 6.0 (1.9) | — | |
| Inadequate | 138 | 5.5 (1.8) |
a
Mean (standard deviation; 95% confidence interval)