Influence of Owner Personality and Other Owner-, Cat- and Treatment-Related Factors on the Perception of Quality of Life in Cats With Hyperthyroidism

IF 2.1 2区农林科学 Q1 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI:10.1111/jvim.70091

Sofie Muthmann, Imogen Schofield, Martin Kersting, Fabienne Blunschi, Joana Léonie Tiefenbrunner, Natali Betina Bauer, Katarina Hazuchova

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Abstract

Background

Assessment of quality-of-life (QoL) is becoming increasingly important in veterinary medicine. In human medicine, it is known that the assessor's personality might affect QoL.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of owner personality and other owner, cat, and treatment-related factors on the health-related QoL (HRQoL) of hyperthyroid cats.

Animals

Five hundred hyperthyroid cats.

Methods

A prospective, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study, conducted between April 2023 and February 2024. Owners completed the HyperthyroidismQoL-cat and the Big Five Inventory-2 to assess the cat's HRQoL and owner's five personality domains, respectively. Additional information about owner-, cat-, and treatment-related factors was collected. Univariable and multivariable linear regression modeling was used to assess associations between owner personality, other factors, and the cat's HRQoL. Significance was p < 0.05.

Results

In multivariable analysis, radioiodine treatment (RAIT; p = 0.001) and having a comorbidity (p ≤ 0.001) resulted in better HRQoL, whereas negative owner emotionality (p ≤ 0.001), having children ≤ 18 years of age (p = 0.04), treatment using a low iodine diet (LID; p = 0.023), no treatment (p = 0.03) and being hyperthyroid (p ≤ 0.001), hypothyroid (p = 0.004) or unknown thyroid status (p = 0.001) resulted in worse HRQoL.

Conclusion and Clinical Importance

When interpreting HRQoL data, the potential impact of the personality domain negative emotionality (tendency to experience anxiety, fear, negative emotions) should be considered. Based on HRQoL, RAIT is the treatment of choice, whereas LID or no treatment are the least favored options. These findings should be considered when counseling owners about their cats' hyperthyroidism and its management.

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主人性格及其他与主人、猫和治疗有关的因素对甲亢猫生活质量感知的影响

生活质量（QoL）的评估在兽医学中变得越来越重要。在人类医学中，我们知道评估者的性格可能会影响生活质量。目的评价饲主个性及其他饲主、猫和治疗相关因素对甲状腺功能亢进猫健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的影响。500只甲状腺功能亢进的猫。方法于2023年4月至2024年2月进行前瞻性、横断面、基于问卷的研究。猫的主人分别完成了甲状腺机能亢进量表（HyperthyroidismQoL-cat）和大五人格量表（Big Five Inventory-2）来评估猫的HRQoL和主人的五个人格域。收集了有关主人、猫和治疗相关因素的其他信息。采用单变量和多变量线性回归模型来评估主人个性、其他因素与猫的HRQoL之间的关系。p < 0.05。结果在多变量分析中，放射性碘治疗（RAIT）；p = 0.001)和有合并症（p≤0.001）导致较好的HRQoL，而消极的主人情绪（p≤0.001）、有子女≤18岁（p = 0.04）、使用低碘饮食(LID；p = 0.023)，未治疗（p = 0.03），甲状腺功能亢进（p≤0.001），甲状腺功能减退（p = 0.004）或甲状腺状态未知（p = 0.001）导致HRQoL恶化。结论及临床意义在解释HRQoL数据时，应考虑人格域负面情绪（焦虑、恐惧、负面情绪倾向）的潜在影响。基于HRQoL， RAIT是治疗的选择，而LID或不治疗是最不受欢迎的选择。在向猫主人咨询其甲状腺功能亢进及其管理时，应考虑这些发现。

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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 农林科学-兽医学

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

11.50%

发文量

243

审稿时长

22 weeks

期刊介绍： The mission of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine is to advance veterinary medical knowledge and improve the lives of animals by publication of authoritative scientific articles of animal diseases.