TABLE 4.

Comparison across position of employment and veterinary setting for Burden Transfer Inventory (BTI) and BTI‐Abbreviated (BTI‐A) in the cross‐validation sample

	BTI Frequency	BTI Reaction	BTI‐A Frequency	BTI‐A Reaction
Position of employment (M/SD; min–max)
Veterinarian (n = 99)	60.83/19.97; 0–117	55.58/22.72; 0–104	19.22/6.63; 0–36	15.24/6.66; 0–40
Certified technician/nurse (n = 99)	59.81/23.73; 0–124	53.18/25.12; 0–108	18.27/7.90; 0–40	15.53/7.52; 0–31
Veterinary assistant (non‐certified) (n = 86)	61.07/22.92; 0–127	52.00/27.49; 0–127	18.21/7.29; 0–40	14.48/7.94; 0–36
Customer service representative (n = 70)	63.93/21.23; 29–124	46.51/21.56; 0–113	19.10/7.85; 4–38	13.24/6.99; 0–35
Management (n = 70)	59.13/24.77; 0–113	48.20/23.02; 0–88	18.04/8.30; 0–33	13.17/6.71; 0–40
Veterinary setting (M/SD; min–max) a
General practice (n = 174)	60.15/19.01; 0–113	54.47/21.34; 0–116	18.01/6.33; 0–34	15.07/6.54; 0–36
Specialty referral/emergency (n = 236)	59.82/26.50; 0–127	47.50/27.17; 0–127	18.50/8.74; 0–40	13.55/8.01; 0–40
Academic medical (n = 29)	54.41/23.75; 2–116	47.76/25.76; 2–104	17.00/8.47; 0–40	13.07/7.03; 0–27

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

^a Significant difference in veterinary setting, with general practice showing higher full‐length BTI Reaction compared to specialty referral/emergency (p = 0.02).