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. 2022 Aug 18;12(16):2117. doi: 10.3390/ani12162117

Table 2.

Veterinarians’ attitudes towards clients’ use of internet resources.

Nr. Clients’ Use of
Internet Resources…		 Austria
(n = 96–100)		 Denmark
(n = 169–172)		 UK
(n = 357–367)		 Test *
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    results in greater acceptance of advanced diagnostics and treatments.

 Disagreement (1–3) 19 (19.6) 7 (4.1) 53 (14.8) H (2) = 16.688, p < 0.001
Neutral (4) 25 (25.4) 47 (27.8) 100 (27.9) AT vs. DK: p = 0.007 a
Agreement (5–7) 53 (54.7) 115 (68.0) 205 (57.2) AT vs. UK: p = 1.00 a
Mean ± Std. 4.57 ± 1.18 4.98 ± 1.07 4.52 ± 1.51 DK vs. UK: p < 0.001 a
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    results in greater expectations of advanced diagnostics and treatments

 Disagreement (1–3) 13 (13.0) 22 (12.9) 25 (7.0) H (2) = 9.917, p = 0.007
Neutral (4) 15 (15.0) 41 (24.0) 45 (12.5) AT vs. DK: p = 1.00 a
Agreement (5–7) 72 (72.0) 198 (63.2) 289 (80.5) AT vs. UK: p = 0.131 a
Mean ± Std. 5.00 ± 1.20 4.95 ± 1.2 5.25 ± 1.12 DK vs. UK: p = 0.012 a
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    improves the discussion about diagnostic and treatment options as the clients have greater knowledge.

 Disagreement (1–3) 44 (44.0) 40 (22.5) 105 (28.6) H (2) = 13.976, p = 0.001
Neutral (4) 22 (22.0) 39 (2 3.1) 75 (20.4) AT vs. DK: p = 0.001 a
Agreement (5–7) 34 (34.0) 92 (54.4) 187 (51.0) AT vs. UK: p = 0.017 a
Mean ± Std. 3.87 ± 1.44 4.53 ± 1.32 4.29 ± 1.38 DK vs. UK: p = 0.255 a
4
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    can lead to situations where clients are better informed than I am.

 Disagreement (1–3) 68 (68.0) 81 (57.6) 197 (53.7) H (2) = 5.474, p = 0.065
Neutral (4) 19 (19.0) 25 (14.5) 62 (16.9)
Agreement (5–7) 13 (13.0) 48 (27.9) 108 (29.4)
Mean ± Std. 3.02 ± 1.30 3.31 ± 1.53 3.41 ± 1.45
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    causes clients to form strong opinions so that veterinarians have to justify their diagnostic and therapeutic steps.

 Disagreement (1–3) 18 (18.0) 34 (20.0) 37 (10.1) H (2) = 26.953, p < 0.001
Neutral (4) 11 (11.0) 15 (8.8) 31 (8.5) AT vs. DK: p = 1.00 a
Agreement (5–7) 71 (71.0) 121 (71.1) 297 (81.4) AT vs. UK: p = 0.001 a
Mean ± Std. 4.81 ± 1.36 4.76 ± 1.40 5.32 ± 1.31 DK vs. UK: p < 0.001 a
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    creates a false impression of modern small animal practices.

 Disagreement (1–3) 24 (25.0) 58 (36.5) 62 (17.4) H (2) = 56.893, p < 0.001
Neutral (4) 35 (36.5) 56 (35.2) 66 (18.5) AT vs. DK: p = 0.047 a
Agreement (5–7) 37 (38.6) 45 (28.4) 229 (64.2) AT vs. UK: p = 0.002 a
Mean ± Std. 4.24 ± 1.51 3.75 ± 1.40 4.77 ± 1.37 DK vs. UK: p < 0.001 a

Count (%). * Kruskal–Wallis H test. a Bonferroni correction was applied for multiple comparison between three countries and significant variables.