Table 4 Answers to general practices questions, globally and by student/professional group
General practices questions | All | Students | Professionals | p-value global | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global | Medicine | Veterinary science | EH | P-value | Global | Physicians | Veterinarians | EHTs | P-value | |||
Seen cases in course/work? | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 39.1 (127/325) | 13.8 (21/152) | 0 (0/71) | 25.9 (21/81) | NA |  < 0.001* (FET = 18.6) | 61.3 (106/173) | 48.3 (56/116) | 89.5 (51/57) | NA |  < 0.001* (χ2 = 27.5, df = 1) |  < 0.001* (χ2 = 76.5, df = 1) |
Repellent use in outdoor activities during dusk/night | ||||||||||||
 Always | 4.7 (19/403) | 5.1 (11/215) | 6.6 (8/122) | 2.6 (2/78) | 6.7 (1/15) | 0.772 (FET = 1.8) | 4.3 (8/188) | 3.2 (3/95) | 2.1 (1/47) | 8.7 (4/46) | 0.471 (FET = 3.5) | 0.020* (χ2 = 7.9, df = 2) |
 Sometimes | 32.8 (132/403) | 38.6 (83/215) | 36.9 (45/122) | 41.0 (32/78) | 40.0 (6/15) | 26.1 (49/188) | 24.2 (23/95) | 29.8 (14/47) | 26.1 (12/46) | |||
 Never | 62.5 (252/403) | 56.3 (121/215) | 56.6 (69/122) | 56.4 (44/78) | 53.3 (8/15) | 69.7 (131/188) | 72.6 (69/95) | 68.1 (32/47) | 65.2 (30/46) | |||
 Not applicable | 16.7 (81/484) | 15.0 (38/253) | 12.9 (18/140) | 19.6 (19/97) | 6.2 (1/16) |  | 18.6 (43/231) | 17.4 (20/115) | 17.5 (10/57) | 22.0 (13/59) |  |  |
Nets in doors/windows | ||||||||||||
 All | 4.1 (20/484) | 5.9 (15/253) | 6.4 (9/140) | 5.2 (5/97) | 6.2 (1/16) | 0.974 (FET = 0.49) | 2.2 (5/231) | 3.5 (4/115) | 0 (0/57) | 1.7 (1/59) | 0.405 (FET = 4.0) | 0.051 (χ2 = 6.0, df = 2) |
 Some | 15.3 (74/484) | 17.0 (43/253) | 15.7 (22/140) | 18.6 (18/97) | 18.8 (3/16) | 13.4 (31/231) | 10.4 (12/115) | 12.3 (7/57) | 20.3 (12/59) | |||
 No | 80.6 (390/484) | 77.1 (195/253) | 77.9 (109/140) | 76.3 (74/97) | 75.0 (12/16) | 84.4 (195/231) | 86.1 (99/115) | 87.7 (50/57) | 78.0 (46/59) | |||
Pet ownership | ||||||||||||
 Dog(s) | 47.3 (229/484) | 57.7 (146/253) | 48.9 (68/139) | 72.4 (71/98) | 43.8 (7/16) |  < 0.001* (FET = 36.8) | 35.9 (83/231) | 28.7 (33/115) | 52.6 (30/57) | 33.9 (20/59) |  < 0.001* (χ2 = 36.8, df = 4) |  < 0.001* (χ2 = 23.0, df = 2) |
 Other(s) | 25.8 (125/484) | 20.9 (53/253) | 16.5 (23/139) | 24.5 (24/98) | 37.5 (6/16) | 31.2 (72/231) | 23.5 (27/115) | 45.6 (26/57) | 32.2 (19/59) | |||
 No | 26.9 (130/484) | 21.3 (54/253) | 34.5 (48/139) | 3.1 (3/98) | 18.7 (3/16) | 32.9 (76/231) | 47.8 (55/115) | 1.8 (1/57) | 33.9 (20/59) | |||
Dog(s) spend(s) time outdoors during dusk/night? | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 72.5 (166/229) | 77.4 (113/146) | 83.8 (57/68) | 73.2 (52/71) | 57.1 (4/7) | 0.139 (FET = 3.9) | 63.9 (53/83) | 75.8 (25/33) | 50.0 (15/30) | 65.0 (13/20) | 0.104 (χ2 = 4.5, df = 2) | 0.027* (χ2 = 4.9, df = 1) |
Repellent use in dog(s) | ||||||||||||
 Yes | 78.5 (179/228) | 77.2 (112/145) | 80.6 (54/67) | 74.6 (53/71) | 71.4 (5/7) | 0.659 (FET = 0.84) | 80.7 (67/83) | 69.7 (23/33) | 90.0 (27/30) | 85.0 (17/20) | 0.107 (FET = 4.5) | 0.538 (χ2 = 0.38, df = 1) |
 All year round | 78.8 (141/179) | 82.1 (92/112) | 81.5 (44/54) | 81.1 (43/53) | 100 (5/5) | 0.730 (FET = 0.63) | 73.1 (49/67) | 65.2 (15/23) | 81.5 (22/27) | 70.6 (12/17) | 0.417 (χ2 = 1.7, df = 2) | 0.154 (χ2 = 2.0, df = 1) |
 Some months | 21.2 (38/179) | 17.9 (20/112) | 18.5 (10/54) | 18.9 (10/53) | 0 (0/5) | 26.9 (18/67) | 34.8 (8/23) | 18.5 (5/27) | 29.4 (5/17) | |||
 Spot-on | 57.4 (103/179) | 59.8 (67/112) | 61.1 (33/54) | 54.7 (29/53) | 100 (5/5) |  | 53.7 (36/67) | 65.2 (15/23) | 40.7 (11/27) | 58.8 (10/17) |  |  |
 Collar | 54.7 (98/179) | 57.1 (64/112) | 51.9 (28/54) | 64.2 (34/53) | 40.0 (2/5) |  | 50.7 (34/67) | 47.8 (11/23) | 63.0 (17/27) | 35.3 (6/17) |  |  |
 Pills | 38.0 (68/179) | 39.3 (44/112) | 38.9 (21/54) | 43.4 (23/53) | 0 (0/5) |  | 35.8 (24/67) | 47.8 (11/23) | 33.3 (9/27) | 23.5 (4/17) |  |  |
 Shampoo | 8.4 (15/179) | 8.0 (9/112) | 7.4 (4/54) | 7.5 (4/53) | 20.0 (1/5) |  | 9.0 (6/67) | 21.7 (5/23) | 0 (0/27) | 5.9 (1/17) |  |  |
 Spray | 5.0 (9/179) | 5.4 (6/112) | 3.7 (2/54) | 7.5 (4/53) | 0 (0/5) |  | 4.5 (3/67) | 8.7 (2/23) | 0 (0/27) | 5.9 (1/17) |  |  |
Vaccination of dog(s) | ||||||||||||
 Every year | 42.4 (73/172) | 42.4 (56/132) | 41.2 (28/68) | 45.6 (26/57) | 28.6 (2/7) | 0.660 (FET = 0.83) | 42.5 (17/40) | 47.6 (10/21) | 25.0 (1/4) | 40.0 (6/15) | 0.682 (FET = 0.76) | 0.993 (χ2 < 0.01, df = 1) |
 Some years/No/DK/CR | 57.6 (99/172) | 57.6 (76/132) | 58.8 (40/68) | 54.4 (31/57) | 71.4 (5/7) | 57.5 (23/40) | 52.4 (11/21) | 75.0 (3/4) | 60.0 (9/15) | |||
Veterinary observation of dog(s) | ||||||||||||
 At least once a year | 91.7 (209/228) | 89.0 (129/145) | 88.1 (59/67) | 90.1 (64/71) | 85.7 (6/7) | 0.891 (FET = 0.23) | 96.4 (80/83) | 97.0 (32/33) | 100 (30/30) | 90.0 (18/20) | 0.452 (FET = 1.6) | 0.051 ( χ2 = 3.8, df = 1) |
 Less than once a year | 8.3 (19/228) | 11.0 (16/145) | 11.9 (8/67) | 9.9 (7/71) | 14.3 (1/7) | 3.6 (3/83) | 3.0 (1/33) | 0 (0/30) | 10.0 (2/20) | |||