Table 6 Statistical analysis (multinomial logistic regression) of the results obtained from the online questionnaire using the unvaccinated cats 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 recently vaccinated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-value | OR (Cl 95%) | p-value | OR (Cl 95%) | |||
Origin of the cat | Breeder/shop | 0.196 | 0.303 (0.050–1.850) | 0.764 | 1.269 (0.267–6.025) | |
Animal Shelter/charity/stray | 0.982 | 0.989 (0.393–2.489) | 0.628 | 0.819 (0.366–1.833) | ||
Internet | 0.587 | 0.533 (0.055–5.149) | 0.602 | 0.651 (0.130–3.263) | ||
Relatives/friends | 1 | 1 | ||||
Number of cats owned by respondent | 1 | 0.302 | 0.644 (0.279–1.485) | 0.511 | 0.788 (0.386–1.605) | |
≥ 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Age of the cat | 8 weeks – 1 year | 0.001 | 0.020 (0.002–0.198) | 0.090 | 2.521 (0.865–7.349) | |
2–4 years | 0.006 | 0.151 (0.039–0.585) | < 0.001 | 7.789 (2.650–22.897) | ||
5–9 years | 0.584 | 1.307 (0.500–3.416) | 0.055 | 2.567 (0.980–6.727) | ||
≥ 10 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
Indoor/outdoor access | Indoor only | 0.063 | 2.229 (0.956–5.194) | 0.138 | 1.756 (0.834–3.697) | |
Indoor and outdoor | 1 | 1 | ||||
Previous cat’s experience | Cattery/cat shows | 0.133 | 6.376 (0.568–71.585) | 0.092 | 7.656 (0.716–81.821) | |
Travel | 0.575 | 1.347 (0.476–3.811) | 0.284 | 1.670 (0.654–4.265) | ||
None | 1 | 1 | ||||
Importance of factors influencing the vaccinated cats’ owners | Cost | Important | 0.447 | 0.702 (0.282–1.748) | 0.042 | 0.441 (0200–0.971) |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Veterinarian’s advice | Important | 0.666 | 1.357 (0.339–5.433) | 0.128 | 2.729 (0.748–9.957) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Time necessary to vaccinate the cat | Important | 0.781 | 0.860 (0.296–2.496) | 0.124 | 0.463 (0.173–1.235) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cat’s lifestyle | Important | 0.362 | 1.645 (0.564–4.795) | 0.242 | 0.587 (0.241–1.433) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Infectious diseases’ level of risk | Important | 0.396 | 0.507 (0.106–2.433) | 0.816 | 1.182 (0.290–4.813) | |
Unimportant | 1 | 1 | ||||
Duration Of Immunity (DOI) test knowledge | Yes | 0.348 | 1.566 (0.614–3.993) | 0.295 | 1.554 (0.681–3.550) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||
Possible use of DOI test | Yes | 0.822 | 0.899 (0.356–2.271) | 0.226 | 1.679 (0.725–3.890) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||
Age of respondent | 17–20 years | 0.304 | 3.184 (0.351–28.925) | 0.244 | 2.938 (0.479–18.029) | |
21–49 years | 0.424 | 1.557 (0.526–4.605) | 0.072 | 2.429 (0.925–6.378) | ||
≥ 50 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
Level of education of respondent | Primary/middle school certificate | 0.632 | 0.460 (0.019–10.966) | 0.739 | 1.657 (0.085–32.292) | |
High school certificate | 0.377 | 0.691 (0.304–1.570) | 0.193 | 0.621 (0.303–1.272) | ||
Bachelor/Master/PhD | 1 | 1 | ||||
Job of respondent | Other | 0.018 | 0.293 (0.106–0.810) | 0.257 | 0.590 (0.237–1.469) | |
Student | 0.883 | 0.834 (0.075–9.245) | 0.876 | 0.830 (0.080–8.606) | ||
Healthcare | 1 | 1 | ||||
Annual household income of respondent | ≤ 9000 € | 0.628 | 0.651 (0.114–3.702) | 0.032 | 0.199 (0.045–0.868) | |
10–29,000 € | 0.556 | 1.473 (0.406–5.345) | 0.121 | 0.409 (0.132–1.265) | ||
30–49,000 € | 0.094 | 3.459 (0.810–14.780) | 0.405 | 1.715 (0.481–6.109) | ||
≥ 50,000 € | 1 | 1 | ||||
Children (≤ 13 years old) in the household of respondent | Yes | 0.533 | 0.723 (0.260–2.008) | 0.693 | 0.843 (0.361–1.968) | |
No | 1 | 1 | ||||