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Table 2 Responses to the owner questionnaire, ordinal and continuous answers.

From: Evaluation of dog owners' perceptions concerning radiation therapy

      

Number of owners with a response

Question

Mean

STD

Median

Min

Max

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1 b . How many people were there in the household?

2.6

1.2

2

1

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

How many dogs were there in the household?

1.7

0.7

2

1

3

           

How many cats were there in the household?

0.7

1.2

0

0

4

           

2 b . My overall impression how RT was experienced by my dog (quality of life), from initiating RT until side effects had declined.

0 = good quality- 10 = severe negative impact on dog

 

2.9

2.4

2

0

8

4

3

6

4

0

2

1

2

1

0

0

3 b . Reactions from acquaintances when informed that my dog had undergone RT for cancer.

   

Percent

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Positive reactions %

76.9

29.5

90

0

100

1

0

2

0

0

2

0

4

2

4

8

Negative reactions %

14.3

19.8

10

0

80

10

5

4

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Neutral or No reaction %

11.8

26.8

0

0

100

18

2

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

      

0 = Calm, confident – 10 = Very stressful and inconvenient

Overall: My own experience from start of RT until side effects declined

2.3

1.9

2

0

6

5

3

7

2

1

4

1

0

0

0

0

4 b . Would I choose RT again in a similar situation?

                

Grade the importance of following factors deciding to treat with RT or not

     

0 = no importance, negligible- 10 = crucial influence, very important.

My financial costa

2.2

2.6

1

0

8

9

3

2

1

2

3

0

0

2

0

0

Prognosis: chance for curea

7.3

3.1

8

0

10

2

0

0

0

1

4

0

2

3

2

8

Prognosis: chance for longer life without tumour related discomforta

9.5

1.1

10

6

10

0

0

0

0

 

0

1

1

1

2

17

Severity of expected side effectsa

6.6

2.4

7

1

10

0

1

0

2

0

5

2

4

3

2

3

Number of treatments requireda

3.0

2.8

2

0

10

6

1

5

2

1

4

1

1

0

0

1

My investment in time and travel

2.3

2.7

2

0

10

9

1

4

2

0

3

1

1

0

0

1

  1. a one response missing, b for titles of sections 1–4, see tables 1a and 1b