TABLE 2.
Participants’ professional information
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Professional category | |
| Employee | 355 (59.0%) |
| Team leader | 58 (9.6%) |
| Manager | 189 (31.4%) |
| Employment status | |
| Employee | 398 (66.1%) |
| Self‐employed | 204 (33.9%) |
| Institution | |
| Hospitals or clinics | 550 (91.4%) |
| Rural environment | 40 (6.6%) |
| Other | 12 (2.0%) |
| Salary range (euros/year) | |
| 12,000 to <20,000 | 282 (46.8%) |
| 20,000 to <28,000 | 185 (30.7%) |
| 28,000 to <36,000 | 68 (11.3%) |
| 36,000 to <44,000 | 30 (5.0%) |
| 44,000 to <52,000 | 18 (3.0%) |
| 52,000 to <60,000 | 11 (1.8%) |
| ≥60,000 | 8 (1.3%) |
| Years worked | |
| <5 | 158 (26.2%) |
| 6–10 | 132 (21.9%) |
| 11–20 | 134 (22.3%) |
| >20 | 178 (29.6%) |
| Hours worked per week | |
| <20 | 46 (7.6%) |
| 20–40 | 363 (60.3%) |
| >40 | 193 (32.1%) |
| On‐call | |
| Yes | 215 (35.7%) |
| No | 387 (64.3%) |
| On‐call frequency | |
| Less than once a month | 23 (10.7%) |
| Once a month | 86 (40.0%) |
| Once a week | 82 (38.1%) |
| Daily | 24 (11.2%) |
| Influence over own on‐call schedule | |
| None | 66 (30.7%) |
| A little | 61 (28.4%) |
| Some | 51 (23.7%) |
| A lot | 37 (17.2%) |
| Desire to have more influence over on‐call schedule | |
| Disagree | 17 (2.8%) |
| Neither disagree nor agree | 24 (3.9%) |
| Agree | 561 (93.2%) |
| Euthanasia | |
| Yes | 596 (99.0%) |
| No | 6 (1.0%) |
| Euthanasia frequency | |
| Less than once a month | 204 (34.2%) |
| Once a month | 239 (40.1%) |
| Once a week | 145 (24.3%) |
| Daily | 8 (1.3%) |
| Euthanasia self‐determination | |
| Always | 227 (38.1%) |
| Most of the time | 140 (23.5%) |
| Sometimes | 93 (15.6%) |
| Rarely | 64 (10.7%) |
| Never | 72 (12.1%) |
| Owners’ presence during euthanasia | |
| Always | 67 (11.2%) |
| Most of the time | 349 (58.6%) |
| Sometimes | 141 (23.7%) |
| Rarely | 26 (4.4%) |
| Never | 13 (2.2%) |