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MAXQDA-ingOpen-endedSurveyData–Euthanasia:pastprepara;on,currentassistanceanddesiredsupportof
Austrianveterinarians
BackgroundEuthanasia in small animal prac/ce is not simply a part ofmedical du/es, but an interven/onwith far-reaching implica/ons for the rela/onships between veterinarians,animalsandowners.Notonlymedical,butalsofinancial,emo/onal,legalandmoralaspectsmakeeuthanasiaoneofthemajorchallengesinveterinarians’professionallives.Bymeansofaques/onnaire-basedsurvey(53items),aGtudesofAustrianveterinarianswereiden/fiedwithrespecttothesemen/onedaspectsofeuthanasia.1Duetothefact thatopen-endedques/ons (OEQs)allowustoobtainmoredetailed informa/onandenableabeMerunderstandingof thethoughtpaMernsandcontextually relevantissues,thisposterconcentratesontheanalysisoftheresultsofthreeOEQs.TheOEQsprovidevaluableinsightsintotheimportantissuesofa)pastprepara;on,b)currentassistanceforveterinarianstodealwitheuthanasiaintheirdailyworkinglifeandc)desiredsupportforveterinariansrela;ngtoeuthanasia.
MAXMapsOverviewandcomparisonofdifferentcodesandcategoriesofthethreeOEQs.Opportunitytoassigncolourstocode,whicharevisualizedinthedocumentportraits.
DOCUMENTPORTRAITIden/fyingthebasictoneofeachOEQbyvisualizingthesequenceofcodes.Comparisonofdominatedtopicsforthema/canalysis.
STATISTICFORSUBCODESCrea/ngfrequencychartsinordertoindicatethefrequencyofcodesforeachOEQ.
MaterialandMethodologicalApproachThestudypopula/oncomprisedallveterinarians(n=2478)registeredattheAustrianChamberoftheVeterinarySurgeons(CVS).TheveterinarianswereinvitedviatheCVS’se-maildistribu/onlist(November2012).Since14percentofveterinarianscompletedtheOEQsfullyorsufficiently,351respondentswereincludedinthisanalysis.Open-endedsurveydatawererecordedwithMicroso^Access2007andmanagedinMicroso^Excel2007.A^erwards,thedatawereeasilytransferredtothequalita/veso^wareMAXQDAAnaly/csPro12(Release12.3.0),inordertohandleandanalysethedatainasystema/candmethodologicallysoundway.Byusingmixed-methoddataanalysis2,3,theresultsof theOEQs underwent a qualita/ve aswell as quan/ta/ve content analysis. This approach, combining qualita/ve and quan/ta/vemethods, allows us tomaximise theanaly/cal return from the OEQs of this survey.2 Responses of the OEQwere thema/cally codified along theGrounded Theory and the thema/c codewas defined in aninduc/ve approach.3,4 Subsequently, codes were organised and grouped into categories in order to iden/fy their shared characteris/cs.4,5 The present poster displayspar/cularfunc/onsoftheso^wareMAXQDAAnaly/csPro12,whichwereusedforanalysisandinterrela/ngexamina/onoftheOEQs:
CR0SSTABSVisualiza/onoftherela/onshipbetweendocumentvariable(gender)andthemostcommonlypresentedcodeforeachOEQ.
The results of the mixed-method func/on indicatethatmale (30.8%) and female (32.4%) respondentsequallyo^enmen/onedprac/cal experienceaspastprepara/onrela/ngtoeuthanasia.
With29.3%,womentalkedmoreaboutthevalueofcolleagues as sources of current assistance,while at11.7 %, male veterinarians clearly perceive theircolleaguesaslessimportantforcurrentassistance.
Theanswersthatnosupportforeuthanasiaisneededordesiredwasmuchmorecommonformen(54.2%)thanforwomen(32.0%).
ConclusionIn short, thequalita/ve so^wareMAXQDAprovided significant support concerningmanagement and systema/cevalua/onbydealingwith specificdocument types,whichincludedpartlyveryshortanswers(singleword).Theresultsofthisanalysisindicatethatpastprepara/on,currentassistanceandthedesiredsupportrela/ngtoeuthanasiafallinthescopeofdifferentresponsibili/es.Inpar/cular,femaleaswellasmaleAustrianveterinariansrespondedthatprac/calexperiencesandcolleaguesplayamajorrolewithregardtopastprepara/on.Concerningcurrentassistanceespeciallywomentalkedabouttheircolleagues,whoseemtobeanimportantpillar.However,notonlytheworkingenvironment,butalsopersonalaGtudeofveterinarians,providessupport.Further,Austrianveterinarians,especiallymalerespondents,claimedthattheydonotdesireanysupport. Interes/ngly,withapercentageof17.3%,veterinariansmen/onedthatuniversi/esshouldassumemoreresponsibilityandshouldoffermoresupport.This isalsomirroredinthefirstOEQ,whereveterinariansexplicitlymen/onedthattheiruniversitydidnotpreparedthemforthistask.Therefore,theacquiredanalysisfindingswillnotonlyaddtothebodyofknowledgewithintheresearchfieldofveterinaryethics,butalsowillbeavaluablesourceforteachingprogramsatuniversity.References1Hartnack,S.,Springer,S.,PiMavino,M.,Grimm,H.(2016):AGtudesofAustrianveterinarianstowardseuthanasiainsmallanimalprac/ce:impactsofageandgenderonviewsoneuthanasia.BMCVeterinaryResearch12.26.2Fielding,J.,Fielding,N.,Hughes,G.(2013):Openingupopen-endedsurveydatausingqualita/veso^ware.Quality&Quan/ty,47:3261-3276.3Saldaña,J.(2016):TheCodingManualforQualita/veResearchers.SAGEpublica/on,pp.9-16.4Kuckartz,U.(2010):EinführungindiecomputergestützteAnalysequalita/verDaten.VSVerlagfürSozialwissenscha^en,S.57-71.5Mayring,P.(2015):Qualita/veInhaltsanalyse:GrundlagenundTechniken.BeltzVerlag,S.65-69.
SvenjaSpringer1,SonjaHartnack2,YvesMoens3&HerwigGrimm11UnitofEthicsandHuman-AnimalStudies,MesserliResearchIns/tute,UniversityofVeterinaryMedicineVienna,MedicalUniversityofVienna,UniversityofVienna;2Sec/onofEpidemiology,VetsuisseFaculty,UniversityofZurich& 3ClinicalUnitofAnaesthesiologyandPeriopera/veIntensive-CareMedicine,UniversityofVeterinaryMedicineContact:[email protected]
