Owner compliance and clinical outcome measures for domestic cats undergoing clinical behavior therapy |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;1. School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen''s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom;2. Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Animal Behavior Laboratory, Bogotá, Colombia;1. Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States;2. Merial Limited, 3239 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096, United States;1. Department of Medicine and Clinical Biology of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium;2. Living Statistics, Ghent, Belgium;3. Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium;1. Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia;2. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey;3. Pethealth, Fairfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Abstract: | The importance of owner compliance in following treatment is recognized in all aspects of veterinary and human medicine. However, in veterinary behavioral medicine, where the majority of the ‘treatment’ is conducted by the owners themselves after the consultation, compliance is fundamental to the successful outcome of the case. The owners of 85 cats with a range of different ‘behavior problems’ were recruited to participate in this study. Each owner had 2 visits from a clinician: at the first background information was gathered, the owner and clinician assigned a subjective score of ‘severity’ and a full behavior consultation was conducted. At a second visit 8 weeks later, owner and clinician rated the severity of the problem again, and the owner was asked questions that were designed to check their compliance to various aspects of the treatment program. The owners reported a decrease in severity after treatment in 92% of cases, and the clinician in 78% of cases. The average compliance of owners to programs was 61%. A strong positive correlation was found between change in severity score rated by the clinician, and compliance score (Spearman's ρ = 0.718, P < 0.01), a weaker positive correlation was found between compliance and difference in owner severity scores between visits (Spearman's ρ = 0.402, P < 0.01). There was no significant correlation found between compliance score and the severity score on visit one, rated either by owner or clinician. The results of this study confirm that owner compliance is an important factor in treatment outcomes for behavior problems in domestic cats. |
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