Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Melton Mowbray, UK.
Banfield Pet Hospital, Vancouver, WA, USA.
Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 28;12(1):12225. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16315-y.
The increasing attention for the dog-owner relationship combined with advances in nutrition and veterinary care have made wellbeing a focal point for dog owners, veterinarians, and dog product and service providers. While canine wellbeing can be quantified by survey-based quality of life instruments like those used in human healthcare, there are currently few instruments available that can do this reliably and at scale. Here we report the development and initial validation of a canine quality of life instrument specifically designed to quantify wellbeing in the general dog population. The instrument is based on a simple 32-question survey and includes 5 daytime domains (energetic, mobile, relaxed, happy, sociable) and 3 mealtime domains (relaxed, interested and satisfied). It captures specific health-related aspects as well as more general wellbeing aspects and, in an initial sample of 2813 dogs, already provides useful insights on canine wellbeing. We believe that data collection at scale with this instrument will help bring optimal wellbeing to the dogs we care for.
随着人们对犬主关系的关注度不断提高，加上营养和兽医护理方面的进步，犬主、兽医以及犬类产品和服务提供商都将犬的健康视为关注重点。虽然犬的健康可以通过基于调查的生活质量工具来衡量，这些工具在人类医疗保健中也有应用，但目前可靠且大规模应用的工具还很少。在这里，我们报告了一种犬类生活质量工具的开发和初步验证，该工具专门用于衡量普通犬群的幸福感。该工具基于一个简单的 32 个问题的调查，包括 5 个日间领域（活力、移动、放松、快乐、社交）和 3 个进餐时间领域（放松、有兴趣和满意）。它捕捉到了特定的与健康相关的方面以及更普遍的幸福感方面，在最初的 2813 只犬的样本中，已经提供了关于犬类幸福感的有用见解。我们相信，通过该工具进行大规模的数据收集将有助于为我们所关心的犬类带来最佳的幸福感。
