Table 5 Statistical analysis (multinomial logistic regression) of the results obtained from the online questionnaire using the cats recently vaccinated as the reference category
From: A survey of Italian cat owners’ attitudes towards cat vaccination through a web-based questionnaire
Question | Response optiona | Cat not recently vaccinated | Cat unvaccinated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-value | OR (95% Cl) | p-value | OR (95% Cl) | |||
Origin of the cat | Breeder/shop | 0.024 | 0.239 (0.069–0.831) | 0.764 | 0.788 (0.166–3.742) | |
Animal Shelter/charity/stray | 0.572 | 1.207 (0.627–2.324) | 0.628 | 1.221 (0.545–2.731) | ||
Internet | 0.836 | 0.819 (0.125–5.386) | 0.602 | 1.536 (0.306–7.697) | ||
Relatives/friends | 1 | 1 | ||||
Number of cats owned by respondent | 1 | 0.517 | 0.818 (0.445–1.503) | 0.511 | 1.270 (0.623–2.588) | |
≥ 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Age of the cat | 8 weeks – 1 year | < 0.001 | 0.008 (0.001–0.070) | 0.090 | 0.397 (0.136–1.157) | |
2–4 years | < 0.001 | 0.019 (0.006–0.059) | < 0.001 | 0.128 (0.044–0.377) | ||
5–9 years | 0.032 | 0.509 (0.274–0.945) | 0.055 | 0.389 (0.149–1.021) | ||
≥ 10 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
Indoor/outdoor access | Indoor only | 0.441 | 1.269 (0.692–2.330) | 0.138 | 0.570 (0.271–1.199) | |
Indoor and outdoor | 1 | 1 | ||||
Previous cat’s experience | Cattery/cat shows | 0.728 | 0.833 (0.297–2.333) | 0.092 | 0.131 (0.012–1.396) | |
Travel | 0.543 | 0.807 (0.403–1.613) | 0.284 | 0.599 (0.234–1.530) | ||
None | 1 | 1 | ||||
Importance of factors influencing the vaccinated cats’ owners | Cost | Important | 0.234 | 1.591 (0.740–3.421) | 0.042 | 2.266 (1.030–4.989) |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Veterinarian’s advice | Important | 0.230 | 0.497 (0.159–1.557) | 0.128 | 0.366 (0.100–1.337) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Time necessary to vaccinate the cat | Important | 0.167 | 1.858 (0.771–4.476) | 0.124 | 2.161 (0.810–5.767) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cat’s lifestyle | Important | 0.010 | 2.801 (1.275–6.151) | 0.242 | 1.703 (0.698–4.153) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Infectious diseases’ level of risk | Important | 0.185 | 0.429 (0.123–1.501) | 0.816 | 0.846 (0.208–3.447) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Duration of Immunity (DOI) test knowledge | Yes | 0.984 | 1.007 (0.506–2.004) | 0.295 | 0.643 (0.282–1.469) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||
Possible use of DOI test | Yes | 0.083 | 0.535 (0.264–1.084) | 0.226 | 0.595 (0.257–1.379) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||
Age of respondent | 17–20 years | 0.936 | 1.084 (0.151–7.783) | 0.244 | 0.340 (0.055–2.088) | |
21–49 years | 0.285 | 0.641 (0.284–1.448) | 0.072 | 0.412 (0.157–1.081) | ||
≥ 50 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
Level of education of respondent | Primary/middle school certificate | 0.392 | 0.278 (0.015–5.206) | 0.739 | 0.604 (0.031–11.764) | |
High school certificate | 0.713 | 1.112 (0.632–1.958) | 0.193 | 1.610 (0.786–3.296) | ||
Bachelor/Master/PhD | 1 | 1 | ||||
Job of respondent | Other | 0.054 | 0.497 (0.244–1.013) | 0.257 | 1.696 (0.681–4.225) | |
Students | 0.993 | 1.006 (0.291–3.477) | 0.876 | 1.205 (0.116–12.500) | ||
Healthcare | 1 | 1 | ||||
Annual household income of respondent | ≤ 9000 € | 0.108 | 3.278 (0.771–13.932) | 0.032 | 5.036 (1.152–22.022) | |
10–29,000 € | 0.011 | 3.605 (1.350–9.629) | 0.121 | 2.448 (0.790–7.581) | ||
30–49,000 € | 0.172 | 2.017 (0.736–5.529) | 0.405 | 0.583 (0.164–2.078) | ||
≥ 50,000 € | 1 | 1 | ||||
Children (≤ 13 years old) in the household of respondent | Yes | 0.711 | 0.857 (0.379–1.940) | 0.693 | 1.186 (0.508–2.769) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||