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Autoren Affiliations MAXQDA-ing Open-ended Survey Data – Euthanasia: past prepara;on, current assistance and desired support of Austrian veterinarians Background Euthanasia in small animal prac/ce is not simply a part of medical du/es, but an interven/on with far-reaching implica/ons for the rela/onships between veterinarians, animals and owners. Not only medical, but also financial, emo/onal, legal and moral aspects make euthanasia one of the major challenges in veterinarians’ professional lives. By means of a ques/onnaire-based survey (53 items), aGtudes of Austrian veterinarians were iden/fied with respect to these men/oned aspects of euthanasia. 1 Due to the fact that open-ended ques/ons (OEQs) allow us to obtain more detailed informa/on and enable a beMer understanding of the thought paMerns and contextually relevant issues, this poster concentrates on the analysis of the results of three OEQs. The OEQs provide valuable insights into the important issues of a) past prepara;on, b) current assistance for veterinarians to deal with euthanasia in their daily working life and c) desired support for veterinarians rela;ng to euthanasia. MAXMaps Overview and comparison of different codes and categories of the three OEQs. Opportunity to assign colours to code, which are visualized in the document portraits. DOCUMENT PORTRAIT Iden/fying the basic tone of each OEQ by visualizing the sequence of codes. Comparison of dominated topics for thema/c analysis. STATISTIC FOR SUBCODES Crea/ng frequency charts in order to indicate the frequency of codes for each OEQ. Material and Methodological Approach The study popula/on comprised all veterinarians (n=2478) registered at the Austrian Chamber of the Veterinary Surgeons (CVS). The veterinarians were invited via the CVS’s e- mail distribu/on list (November 2012). Since 14 per cent of veterinarians completed the OEQs fully or sufficiently, 351 respondents were included in this analysis. Open-ended survey data were recorded with Microso^ Access 2007 and managed in Microso^ Excel 2007. A^erwards, the data were easily transferred to the qualita/ve so^ware MAXQDA Analy/cs Pro 12 (Release 12.3.0), in order to handle and analyse the data in a systema/c and methodologically sound way. By using mixed-method data analysis 2,3 , the results of the OEQs underwent a qualita/ve as well as quan/ta/ve content analysis. This approach, combining qualita/ve and quan/ta/ve methods, allows us to maximise the analy/cal return from the OEQs of this survey. 2 Responses of the OEQ were thema/cally codified along the Grounded Theory and the thema/c code was defined in an induc/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 displays par/cular func/ons of the so^ware MAXQDA Analy/cs Pro 12, which were used for analysis and interrela/ng examina/on of the OEQs: CR0SSTABS Visualiza/on of the rela/onship between document variable (gender) and the most commonly presented code for each OEQ. The results of the mixed-method func/on indicate that male (30.8 %) and female (32.4 %) respondents equally o^en men/oned prac/cal experience as past prepara/on rela/ng to euthanasia. With 29.3 %, women talked more about the value of colleagues as sources of current assistance, while at 11.7 %, male veterinarians clearly perceive their colleagues as less important for current assistance. The answers that no support for euthanasia is needed or desired was much more common for men (54.2 %) than for women (32.0 %). Conclusion In short, the qualita/ve so^ware MAXQDA provided significant support concerning management and systema/c evalua/on by dealing with specific document types, which included partly very short answers (single word). The results of this analysis indicate that past prepara/on, current assistance and the desired support rela/ng to euthanasia fall in the scope of different responsibili/es. In par/cular, female as well as male Austrian veterinarians responded that prac/cal experiences and colleagues play a major role with regard to past prepara/on. Concerning current assistance especially women talked about their colleagues, who seem to be an important pillar. However, not only the working environment, but also personal aGtude of veterinarians, provides support. Further, Austrian veterinarians, especially male respondents, claimed that they do not desire any support. Interes/ngly, with a percentage of 17.3 %, veterinarians men/oned that universi/es should assume more responsibility and should offer more support. This is also mirrored in the first OEQ, where veterinarians explicitly men/oned that their university did not prepared them for this task. Therefore, the acquired analysis findings will not only add to the body of knowledge within the research field of veterinary ethics, but also will be a valuable source for teaching programs at university. References 1 Hartnack, S., Springer, S., PiMavino, M., Grimm, H. (2016): AGtudes of Austrian veterinarians towards euthanasia in small animal prac/ce: impacts of age and gender on views on euthanasia. BMC Veterinary Research 12.26. 2 Fielding, J., Fielding, N., Hughes, G. (2013): Opening up open-ended survey data using qualita/ve so^ware. Quality & Quan/ty, 47:3261-3276. 3 Saldaña, J. (2016): The Coding Manual for Qualita/ve Researchers. SAGE publica/on, pp. 9-16. 4 Kuckartz, U. (2010): Einführung in die computergestützte Analyse qualita/ver Daten. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenscha^en, S. 57-71. 5 Mayring, P. (2015): Qualita/ve Inhaltsanalyse: Grundlagen und Techniken. Beltz Verlag, S. 65-69. Svenja Springer 1 , Sonja Hartnack 2 , Yves Moens 3 & Herwig Grimm 1 1 Unit of Ethics and Human-Animal Studies, Messerli Research Ins/tute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna; 2 Sec/on of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich & 3 Clinical Unit of Anaesthesiology and Periopera/ve Intensive-Care Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Contact: [email protected]

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Page 1: MAXQDA-ing Open-ended Survey Data · Euthanasia: past preparaon, current assistance and desired support of Austrian veterinarians Background Euthanasia in small animal prac/ce is

Autoren Affiliations

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]