Development and evaluation of a health-related quality-of-life tool for dogs with Cushing's syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical signs and consequences of Cushing's syndrome are likely to impact upon a dog's life. Quantification of this impact on a dog's health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) could contribute to optimized disease management.

Hypothesis/objectives

To develop a novel HRQoL tool to aid assessment of dogs with Cushing's syndrome and to evaluate factors that impact upon dogs living with this disease.

Animals

Two hundred and ten dogs with Cushing's syndrome and 617 dogs without Cushing's syndrome.

Methods

Cross-sectional study design. Dog owners answered questions relating to the HRQoL of their dogs which were refined to develop the final tool. The tool was analyzed for reliability, validity, and interpretability, including Cronbach's alpha and principal co

SUBMITTER: Schofield I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872869 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature