Table 4 Owner-veterinarian relationship and veterinary recommendations, including univariate analysis p-values for association with the cat’s vaccination status
From: A survey of Italian cat owners’ attitudes towards cat vaccination through a web-based questionnaire
Question | Response optiona | Total (%) | No. (%) recently vaccinated (in the last 3 years) | No. (%) not recently vaccinated (over the last 3 years) | No. (%) unvaccinated | P-value** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revaccination recommendation by the veterinarian | Every year | 728 (59) | 650 (65) | 43 (33) | 35 (31) | < 0.001 | |
Every two/three years | 321 (26) | 280 (28) | 34 (26) | 7 (6) | |||
More than three years | 20 (1) | 8 (1) | 8 (6) | 2 (2) | |||
Unknown | 171 (14) | 57 (6) | 46 (35) | 68 (61) | |||
Total | 1240 | 995 | 131 | 112 | |||
Main factors for not making an appointment with the veterinarian | Cost | 12 (1) | 6 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 0.207 | |
The cat has never had health problems | 60 (5) | 31 (3) | 19 (14) | 10 (9) | |||
Finding and catching the cat/cat’s stress | 9 (1) | 1 (0) | 5 (4) | 3 (3) | |||
Distance to clinic and transport, waiting time, opening hours | 91 (7) | 58 (6) | 16 (12) | 17 (16) | |||
None (I go to the veterinarian) | 1041 (86) | 877 (90) | 89 (68) | 75 (69) | |||
Total | 1213 | 973 | 132 | 108 | |||
Value of source of information about vaccination | Internet | Useless | 334 (32) | 269 (29) | 37 (29) | 28 (26) | 0.804 |
Useful | 712 (68) | 545 (67) | 89 (71) | 78 (74) | |||
Total | 1046 | 814 | 126 | 106 | |||
Books | Useless | 154 (14) | 119 (13) | 17 (14) | 18 (18) | 0.887 | |
Useful | 960 (86) | 775 (87) | 104 (86) | 81 (82) | |||
Total | 1114 | 894 | 121 | 99 | |||
Relatives/friends | Useless | 654 (60) | 525 (60) | 75 (64) | 54 (54) | 0.621 | |
Useful | 441 (40) | 351 (40) | 43 (36) | 47 (46) | |||
Total | 1095 | 876 | 118 | 101 | |||
Breeder | Useless | 431 (40) | 338 (39) | 61 (51) | 32 (32) | 0.664 | |
Useful | 658 (60) | 533 (61) | 58 (49) | 67 (68) | |||
Total | 1089 | 871 | 119 | 99 | |||
Veterinarian | Useless | 33 (3) | 24 (2) | 5 (4) | 4 (4) | 0.337 | |
Useful | 1203 (97) | 959 (98) | 125 (96) | 110 (96) | |||
Total | 1236 | 983 | 130 | 114 | |||
Pet shop | Useless | 677 (63) | 555 (65) | 80 (68) | 42 (41) | 0.679 | |
Useful | 404 (37) | 306 (35) | 38 (32) | 60 (59) | |||
Total | 1081 | 861 | 118 | 102 | |||
Animal shelter/charity | Useless | 301 (27) | 228 (26) | 44 (39) | 29 (28) | 0.421 | |
Useful | 799 (73) | 656 (74) | 68 (61) | 75 (72) | |||
Total | 1100 | 884 | 112 | 104 | |||
Family doctor | Useless | 837 (78) | 668 (78) | 100 (86) | 69 (68) | 0.203 | |
Useful | 238 (22) | 190 (22) | 16 (14) | 32 (32) | |||
Total | 1075 | 858 | 116 | 101 | |||
Pharmacist | Useless | 765 (71) | 617 (72) | 89 (76) | 59 (58) | 0.427 | |
Useful | 312 (29) | 242 (28) | 28 (24) | 42 (42) | |||
Total | 1077 | 859 | 117 | 101 | |||
Duration of Immunity (DOI) test knowledge | Yes | 472 (38) | 385 (39) | 57 (43) | 30 (26) | 0.010 | |
No | 770 (62) | 608 (61) | 76 (57) | 86 (74) | |||
Total | 1242 | 993 | 133 | 116 | |||
Possible use of DOI test | Yes | 1031 (84) | 840 (85) | 108 (81) | 83 (84) | 0.004 | |
No | 202 (16) | 146 (15) | 25 (19) | 31 (16) | |||
Total | 1233 | 986 | 133 | 114 | |||