Table 1.

Associations between the questionnaire items/factors and age and gender.

	Independent variables
	Age		Gender**
Dependent variable	Regression coefficient	p-value	Regression coefficient	p-value
SE* professional competence	0.018	<0.001	0.146	0.115
SE professional detachment	0.003	0.557	0.217	0.061
SE empathy	0.008	0.036	−0.262	0.012
SE communication	0.011	0.017	−0.01	0.932
SE business/finances	0.049	<0.001	0.613	<0.001
SE personnel management	0.057	<0.001	0.249	0.081
SE psychology/sociology	0.045	<0.001	0.008	0.961
Factor self-estimation	0.035	<0.001	0.084	0.399
Factor professional competence and professional detachment	0.002	0.638	−0.097	0.374
Factor relevance for success	−0.004	0.253	0.13	0.147
Factor veterinarian as risk factor for therapy failure	−0.005	0.207	−0.123	0.204
Factor animal owner as risk factor for therapy failure	−0.001	0.791	−0.087	0.348
Contact with animal owners a positive aspect of profession	0.022	<0.001	−0.295	0.053
Factor literature as information source	−0.004	0.264	0.362	<0.001
Factor experts as information source	−0.001	0.768	−0.234	0.009
Factor social media as information source	−0.005	0.038	−0.138	0.077
Perceived quality of information	0.007	0.1212	0.014	0.903
Factor open questions as reason for self-information	−0.009	0.014	0.131	0.165
Factor skepticism as reason for self-information	−0.014	<0.001	−0.006	0.949
Factor interest in animal health as reason for self-information	0.009	0.006	−0.016	0.845

Results of a survey of 527 German veterinarians.

^*SE: self-estimation.

^**Gender: Females are the reference group.