Development of a taxonomy of practice-related stressors experienced by veterinarians in the United States

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Vet Med Assoc
• Personal Author:
  Vande Griek, Olivia H. ; Clark, Malissa A. ; Witte, Tracy K. ; Nett, Randall J. ; Moeller, Amanda N. ; Stabler, Margaret E.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE ; To develop a comprehensive taxonomy of practice-related stressors experienced by US veterinarians. ; DESIGN ; Cross-sectional survey. ; SAMPLE ; A subset of 1,422 US veterinarians who provided written (vs selected) responses to a question in a previous survey regarding practice-related stressors. ; PROCEDURES ; Using grounded theory analysis, 3 researchers inductively analyzed written survey responses concerning respondents’ main practice-related stressors. In 5 iterations, responses were individually coded and categorized, and a final list of practice-related stressor categories and subcategories was iteratively and collaboratively developed until theoretical and analytic saturation of the data was achieved. ; RESULTS ; A taxonomy of 15 categories of broad practice-related stressors and 40 subcategories of more specific practice-related stressors was developed. The most common practice-related stressor categories included financial insecurity (n = 289 20.3%), client issues (254 17.9%), coworker or interpersonal issues (181 12.7%), and work-life balance (166 11.7%). The most common subcategories were clients unwilling to pay (118 8.3%), low income (98 6.9%), cost of maintaining practice (56 3.9%), and government or state board policies (48 3.4%). ; CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE ; This study provided a comprehensive list of the types of practice-related stressors experienced by US veterinarians, building a foundation for future research into relationships between job stress and mental health in this population. Frequency data on the various stressors provided an initial understanding of factors that might be contributing to high stress rates among US veterinarians.
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• Source:
  J Am Vet Med Assoc. 252(2):227-233.
• Pubmed ID:
  29319445
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5985521
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  252
• Issue:
  2
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55598/cdc_55598_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:f4403004a4619e5d83b0d857369400e7e7a8bd28755a0a82d66db485933da548