Barrios Carmen Luz, Gornall Vanessa, Bustos-López Carlos, Cirac Rosa, Calvo Paula
Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide 5750, Huechuraba 8580745, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Av. Ejército Libertador 146, Santiago 8320000, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
Animals (Basel). 2022 May 5;12(9):1185. doi: 10.3390/ani12091185.
Currently, domestic dogs () are the most common species among companion animals. The close bond that can grow between owners and their dogs could be worn out and finally broken due to various causes. One main cause is canine behavioral problems, leading to dogs being abandoned or euthanized due to the costs faced by the owner when caring for the animal. Tools have been developed to evaluate the mental and emotional cost of caring for humans, but there is currently no validated tool for evaluating this particular problem. The objective of this study was to develop a questionnaire to evaluate caregiver burnout syndrome for owners of dogs with behavioral disorders. The methodology used consisted of drafting the tool, peer validation using the Delphi methodology and internal validation via Cronbach's alpha. Non-linear snowball sampling was used ( = 156 participants). A questionnaire with 35 questions was obtained which referred to various aspects of caregivers' lives. Regarding the description of the sample used, 50% had Low Burnout, 41% had Medium-Low Burnout and 9% had Medium-High Burnout. Furthermore, regarding the internal validation of the questionnaire, the general Cronbach's alpha coefficient was α = 0.9468. We can thus conclude that the questionnaire is valid for measuring caregiver burnout syndrome in owners of dogs with behavioral disorders.
目前，家犬是伴侣动物中最常见的物种。主人与他们的狗之间可能形成的亲密关系可能会因各种原因而逐渐消磨殆尽并最终破裂。一个主要原因是犬类行为问题，这导致狗因主人照顾动物时面临的成本而被遗弃或安乐死。已经开发出工具来评估照顾人类的心理和情感成本，但目前尚无经过验证的工具来评估这一特定问题。本研究的目的是开发一份问卷，以评估患有行为障碍的犬只主人的照顾者倦怠综合征。所使用的方法包括起草该工具、使用德尔菲法进行同行验证以及通过克朗巴哈系数进行内部验证。采用了非线性雪球抽样（n = 156名参与者）。获得了一份包含35个问题的问卷，这些问题涉及照顾者生活的各个方面。关于所使用样本的描述，50%的人倦怠程度低，41%的人倦怠程度为中低，9%的人倦怠程度为中高。此外，关于问卷的内部验证，总体克朗巴哈系数为α = 0.9468。因此，我们可以得出结论，该问卷对于测量患有行为障碍的犬只主人的照顾者倦怠综合征是有效的。
