Table 6.
Results of multivariate analysis for questions C3, C4, D3 and D4.
| Factor | Frequency Treatment Stopped Cats <1 Month C3 | Frequency Treatment Stopped Dogs <1 Month D3 | Frequency Treatment Stopped Cats <1 Year C4 | Frequency Treatment Stopped Dogs <1 Year D4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Country | UK and Ireland | 0.017 | 0.47 (0.26–0.88) | 0.026 | 0.48 b (0.25–0.92) | 0.307 | 0.74 (0.41–1.32) | 0.136 | 0.64 (0.36–1.15) |
| USA | 0.033 | 0.61 (0.28–0.94) | 0.148 | 0.71 (0.44–1.13) | 0.614 | 1.12 (0.73–1.71) | 0.490 | 0.86 (0.56–1.32) | |
| Canada | 0.017 | 0.47 (0.43–0.51) | 0.630 | 0.86 (0.61–1.11) | 0.350 | 1.30 (0.79–1.81) | 0.969 | 1.01 (0.45–1.48) | |
| Australia | 0.318 | 0.65 (0.68–2.03) | 0.623 | 0.80 (0.33–1.94) | 0.939 | 1.03 (0.48–2.23) | 0.767 | 1.13 (0.51–2.49) | |
| Cont. Europe a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
| Location | Rural | 0.766 | 1.06 (0.72–1.56) | 0.061 | 1.45 (0.98–2.14) | 0.892 | 0.98 (0.69–1.39) | 0.260 | 1.23 (0.86–1.76) |
| Urban | 0.786 | 0.96 (0.72–1.28) | 0.322 | 1.16 (0.86–1.57) | 0.451 | 0.91 (0.70–1.17) | 0.440 | 1.11 (0.85–1.44) | |
| Sub-urban a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
| Practice type I | Mixed | 0.155 | 1.35 (0.89–2.05) | 0.149 | 1.37 (0.89–2.09) | 0.012 | 1.64 (1.12–2.41) | 0.01 | 1.67 (1.13–1.47) |
| SA a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
| Practice type II | Referral/Uni | 0.404 | 1.23 (0.75–2.01) | 0.367 | 0.78 (0.45–1.34) | 0.045 | 1.59 (1.01–2.49) | 0.232 | 1.32 (0.84–2.09) |
| Charity | 0.023 | 2.18 (1.11–4.27) | 0.002 | 2.93 (1.49–5.78) | 0.028 | 2.05 (1.08–3.87) | 0.047 | 1.92 (1.01–3.66) | |
| Private a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
| % insured | >20% | 0.556 | 1.18 (0.68–2.03) | 0.588 | 1.17 (0.66–2.08) | 0.991 | 1.00 (0.61–1.65) | 0.195 | 0.72 (0.43–1.19) |
| <20% a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
CI—confidence interval; a Reference category; Bold: Statistically significant association (p < 0.05).