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. 2009 Dec 8;4:32. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-32

Table 1.

Demographic and Work-Related Correlations with Veterinary Stress Questionsa

Age Gender Practice Type

χ2 P χ2 P χ2 P
Career Factors

 A) My career structure in general 9.422 0.051 27.52 0.006* 6.22 0.183
 B) My prospects for future promotion 32.036 0.001* 66.24 0.001* 7.15 0.128
 C) Salary that I currently receive 13.096 0.011* 36.57 0.003* 1.52 0.822
 D) Long hours I have to work 11.136 0.025* 22.90 0.029* 2.59 0.628
 E) Not having enough rest breaks per day 8.959 0.062 33.32 0.001* 1.89 0.756
 F) Not having enough holidays per year 1.374 0.849 13.38 0.342 6.30 0.178
Professional Factors

 G) Attitude of my colleagues/workmates 6.562 0.161 31.82 0.002* 3.475 0.482
 H) Attitude of my superiors 51.383 0.001* 79.52 0.001* 4.318 0.365
 I) Attitude of my clients/customers 4.005 0.405 31.78 0.002* 0.860 0.930
 J) Lack of recognition by the public 4.034 0.402 33.52 0.001* 1.972 0.741
 K) Lack of recognition by colleagues 7.253 0.123 18.215 0.109 6.864 0.143
 L) Lack of understanding by my partner/family 5.588 0.232 19.58 0.076 9.119 0.058
Practice Issues

 M) Having too many patients per day 4.056 0.399 39.22 0.001* 5.431 0.366
 N) Not having enough time for each patient 5.876 0.209 50.94 0.001* 17.481 0.002*
 O) Pressure to over-service/over-prescribe 1.794 0.774 37.97 0.001* 13.344 0.010*
 P) Possibility of litigation 8.096 0.088 33.80 0.001* 2.375 0.667
 Q) Potential danger from animals 3.514 0.476 29.01 0.004* 5.608 0.230
 R) Potential danger from zoonotic diseases 1.570 0.814 23.97 0.021* 1.701 0.790

a Adapted from previous studies of veterinary stress [11,12,19], * Statistically significant differences