Percentage of veterans on the waitlist or with a service dog that reported each category within their responses.
| Main Theme: Subtheme | Categories | Service Dog (n = 69) |
Waitlist (n = 59) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health: Daily Life | Medication | 23% | 25% |
| Nights | 26% | 25% | |
| Normalcy | 30% | 39% | |
| Quality of Life | 41% | 37% | |
| Getting Out | 59% | 63% | |
| Mental Health: Emotion Management | Self-Understanding | 3% | 5% |
| Stress | 4% | 22% | |
| Hypervigilance | 10% | 5% | |
| Safety | 10% | 20% | |
| Depression | 14% | 29% | |
| Anger | 16% | 17% | |
| Emotions | 17% | 34% | |
| PTSD Symptoms | 20% | 25% | |
| Peace | 23% | 25% | |
| Anxiety | 29% | 63% | |
| Mental Health: Interpersonal Skills | Caregiver Burden | 0% | 7% |
| Crowds | 6% | 19% | |
| Independence | 10% | 15% | |
| Loneliness | 10% | 22% | |
| Reintegration | 14% | 10% | |
| Relationships | 38% | 44% | |
| Mental Health: Cognition | Flashbacks | 0% | 2% |
| Attitude | 6% | 8% | |
| Confidence | 7% | 8% | |
| Concentration | 12% | 14% | |
| Coping Skills | 14% | 20% | |
| Human Dog Interaction: Trained Tasks | Medication Retrieval | 1% | 0% |
| Daily Activities | 9% | 14% | |
| Brace | 14% | 8% | |
| Re-Focus | 16% | 15% | |
| Block | 26% | 15% | |
| Cover | 32% | 22% | |
| Alerts | 41% | 39% | |
| Human Dog Interaction: Dog as a Positive Companion | Dog as a Companion | 39% | 61% |
| Dog Positivity | 81% | 66% | |
| Drawbacks | Dog Loss | 1% | 5% |
| Dog Non-Obedience | 3% | 0% | |
| Costs | 4% | 14% | |
| Stigma | 6% | 14% | |
| Adjusting | 12% | 15% | |
| Maintenance | 13% | 22% | |
| Travel | 17% | 5% | |
| Access | 17% | 8% | |
| Perceptions | 25% | 10% | |
| Attention | 43% | 20% |