Caregiver burden in cat owners: a cross-sectional observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Caregiver burden has been found in owners of seriously ill pets; however, research to date has been heavily represented by dog owners. Prior caregiver burden work has neither intentionally focused on cat owners nor been appropriately powered to examine differences in owners of cats relative to owners of dogs. We expected that owners of an ill cat would exhibit greater caregiver burden than owners of a healthy cat but lower burden than owners of an ill dog.

Methods

A cross-sectional online assessment of caregiver burden was completed by 1085 pet owners through a pet demographic audience platform, including 333 owners reporting on a cat with current illness, 492 owners of a healthy cat and 260 owners of dogs with a current illness.

Results

Owners of an ill ca

SUBMITTER: Spitznagel MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812038 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature