Table 1.
Stage 1—sample demographic characteristics from owners of sick dogs or cats recruited through social media pet disease groups, and who provided responses to an online research protocol including the first 17 items of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) adapted for use with pets
| Social media companion animal owners (n = 429) | |
|---|---|
| Clients | |
| Age (median, min‐max) | 49 (20‐81) |
| Race (N, % Caucasian) | 396 (92.5%) |
| Sex (N, % female) | 421 (98%) |
| Animals | |
| Age (median/min‐max) | 10 (1‐20) |
| Species (N, %) | |
| Dog | 308 (72%) |
| Cat | 121 (28%) |
| Nature of primary disease (N, %) | |
| Cardiologic | 48 (11%) |
| Dermatologic | 16 (4%) |
| Internal medicine | 256 (60%) |
| Oncologic | 43 (10%) |
| Ophthalmological | 3 (<1%) |
| Orthopedic | 11 (3%) |
| Neurologic | 52 (12%) |