Table 3 Disorder-level severity scoring for eight common disorders of UK dogs with evidence for breed-related status, including individual severity sub-scores and summative overall severity score
Disorder assessed | Categorical disorder-level severity metric sub-scores based on case group data over study year (categories represented by sub-scores 0–3 [see Table 5]) | Overall disorder-level severity score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severity metric 1: Disorder as reason presented for veterinary care during study year | Severity metric 2: Frequency of disorder-related primary care clinic visits during study year | Severity metric 3: Chronicity of disorder-related analgesia (including AI) therapy during study year | Severity metric 4: Range of other (non-analgesic/AI) therapeutic groups used for disorder treatment/management in study year | Severity metric 5: Surgical depth of any disorder-related procedures performed under GA/sedation during study year | Severity metric 6: Disorder-related overnight primary-care hospitalisations during study year | Severity metric 7: Disorder-related referral during study year | ||
Osteoarthritis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Otitis Externa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Dermatitis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Conjunctivitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Lipoma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Anal sac disorder | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Dental disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Overweight/obese | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |