Table 2.

Frequencies of questionnaire items related to the factors “risk factors associated with veterinarians” and “risk factors associated with animal owners” from a survey of 527 German veterinarians.

Item	Count	%
Drugs could not be administered correctly	439	83.30%
Therapeutic measures were not applied correctly	419	79.51%
Drugs were not administered correctly	385	73.06%
Recommendations for how to proceed further were not followed	363	68.88%
Lack of feasibility of the therapy plan in the pet owner's daily life	313	59.39%
Intentional change or ignorance of the therapy plan (pet owner)	290	55.03%
Nervousness of the pet owner during the appointment	269	51.04%
Lack of communication skills (vet)	189	35.86%
Lack of time preventing a comprehensive explanation (vet).	160	30.36%
Recommendations for how to proceed further were not clear.	139	26.38%