TABLE 2.

Demographic characteristics and descriptive statistics for initial and cross‐validation samples

	Initial validation (N = 1151)	Cross‐validation (N = 440)
Demographic characteristics
Age (M/SD)	45.83/11.52	37.28/10.89
Years in the field (M/SD)	18.12/11.47	11.63/9.04
Gender (N, %)
Female
Male	931, 80.9%	400, 90.9%
Other or prefer not to say	214, 18.6%	38, 8.6%
Ethnicity (N, %)
White or Caucasian	1044, 90.7%	401, 91.1%
Asian American or Pacific Islander	31, 2.7%	5, 1.1%
Latin American or Hispanic	19, 1.7%	22, 5.0%
African American or Black	4, <1%	3, <1%
Native American or indigenous	–	3, <1%
Other or prefer not to say	35, 3.0%	6, 1.4%
Setting (N, %)
General practice	975, 84.7%	175, 39.8%
Specialty referral/emergency	155, 13.5%	235, 53.4%
Other (includes academic)	21, 1.8%	30, 6.8%
Position of employment (N, %)
Veterinarian	1151, 100%	99, 22.5%
Certified veterinary technician/nurse	–	99, 22.5%
Veterinary assistant (unlicensed)	–	86, 19.5%
Customer service representative	–	70, 15.9%
Management	–	70, 15.9%
Other (e.g., social media, social worker)	–	16, 3.6%
Measure descriptive statistics (Mean/Standard Deviation; min–max)
Burden Transfer Inventory
Total Frequency	62.94/16.70; 0–131	59.54/23.62; 0–127
Total Reaction	35.66/18.19; 0–99	50.30/25.07; 0–127
Burden Transfer Inventory‐Abbreviated
Total Frequency	20.78/5.63; 0–40	18.19/7.85; 0–40
Total Reaction	10.79/5.48; 0–32	14.13/7.43; 0–40
Perceived Stress Scale	18.05/6.54; 0–36	19.61/5.71; 3–34
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory
Personal burnout	313.05/123.97; 0–600	350.40/118.65; 25–600
Work‐related burnout	348.99/126.58; 0–625	378.35/141.08; 25–700
Client‐related burnout	275.83/146.41; 0–600	268.98/139.33; 0–600