Objective—To develop and validate a health-related quality-of-life scale for dogs with pain secondary to cancer. Design—Questionnaire development. Animals—40 healthy dogs with no history or signs of pain, 20 dogs with dermatologic disease but no signs of pain other than mild pruritus, and ...
But have you ever wondered how to determine your dog's quality of life? Use the dog quality of life calculator, and come along to get answers to the following questions: What is the pet quality of life scale? How do you measure your dog's quality of life? How can you improve your ...
quality of life; assessment; zoo animal; geriatric; euthanasia; decision-making; animal welfare1. Introduction The exponential growth of the development and use of quality-of-life (QoL) measures for people and animals in recent decades has been driven by a strongly perceived need for such tools...
Quality of life Attachment 1. Introduction The first commensal relationship between human beings and the ancestor of the (modern) domestic dog has evolved into a form of mutualism which, today, provides scientific evidence for the fact that the human–animal interaction benefits animals as well as...
Numerical values are one part of the when to put down your dog checklist. Still, the vets' quality of life scale also considers seven additional factors alongside the numerical scale for a better assessment: 1. HURT Is your dog currently in pain?
Sexual behavior is a core activity not only for our genes, but also for individual happiness. It is therefore important to assess how this aspect of life f
A comprehensive understanding of the quality of life (QoL) is essential to establish long-term survivor care plans. The present study was aimed at the assessment of QoL of BC survivors with special emphasis on post-treatment physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges. We have assessed...
There is growing interest in the value of assistance dogs, therapy dogs, and untrained pet dogs, for supporting children with specific needs. Research in this area focuses almost exclusively on the effect of dogs on child well-being and quality of life. The lack of research reporting the role...
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-quest...
the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS) [27,28] has only been relatively recently published and so does not yet appear widely in the published research. Despite being developed using schizophrenic populations, the SQLS has received some criticism for being a symptoms scale rather than a ...