Laboratory Animal Welfare Meets Human Welfare: A Cross-Sectional Study of Professional Quality of Life, Including Compassion Fatigue in Laboratory Animal Personnel.

animal welfare compassion fatigue enrichment euthanasia human-animal interactions laboratory animals social support workplace stress

Journal

Frontiers in veterinary science
ISSN: 2297-1769
Titre abrégé: Front Vet Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666658

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 25 11 2019
accepted: 14 02 2020
entrez: 21 3 2020
pubmed: 21 3 2020
medline: 21 3 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Laboratory animal personnel may experience significant stress from working with animals in scientific research. Workplace stress can be assessed by evaluating professional quality of life, which is comprised of compassion fatigue (i.e., burnout and secondary traumatic stress) and compassion satisfaction. This research aimed to explore the associations between risk factors and professional quality of life in laboratory animal personnel. In a cross-sectional, convenience sample design, laboratory animal personnel were recruited from widespread online promotion. A total of 801 personnel in the United States or Canada completed an online survey regarding professional quality of life, social support, euthanasia, enrichment, stress/pain levels, and human-animal interactions. Participants worked in a wide range of settings (e.g., industry, academia), research types (e.g., basic, applied, regulatory), species (e.g., non-human primates, mice), and roles (e.g., animal caretaker, veterinarian). Data were analyzed using general linear models. Personnel who reported higher compassion fatigue also reported lower social support, higher animal stress/pain, higher desire to implement more enrichment, and less control over performing euthanasia (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32195275
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00114
pmc: PMC7066073
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

114

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 LaFollette, Riley, Cloutier, Brady, O'Haire and Gaskill.

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Auteurs

Megan R LaFollette (MR)

Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

Megan C Riley (MC)

Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

Sylvie Cloutier (S)

Independent Researcher, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Colleen M Brady (CM)

Department of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

Marguerite E O'Haire (ME)

Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Center for the Human-Animal Bond, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

Brianna N Gaskill (BN)

Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

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