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- Title
Construção de um novo instrumento orientador para o exame físico respiratório de equinos.
- Authors
de Freitas Santi, Thasla; Mendes Barussi, Fernanda Cristina; Zettel Bastos, Fernanda; Emilio Deitos, Joan; Henrique Weber, Saulo; Ribeiro Carvalho, Deborah; Vicente Michelotto Júnior, Pedro
- Abstract
The diagnosis of respiratory diseases is challenging for veterinarians, as the same clinical signs are found in different diseases. The present study aimed to improve an instrument to guide the clinical respiratory examination of horses, with the hypothesis that this device could aid equine practitioners. Nineteen veterinary doctors (MV) working in equine medicine agreed to participate in this cohort study, and were divided into two groups: the generalist MV (GMVG, n = 16), with professionals who had graduated less than 10 years ago; and specialist MVs (GMVE, n = 3), with over 10 years of professional experience. The initial evaluation instrument (instrument 1) was made available to all evaluators to be used in the physical examination of any horse. The practitioners then answered a questionnaire regarding the general complexity, completion, understanding, practicality and time to complete the procedure, with space for comments. Based on the answers, a new instrument (2) was built, to facilitate a new way to evaluate the MV. The responses obtained by the evaluators for the two instruments were compared. As an initial result, the assessment of the instruments was consistent between the two groups of MV, showing that the use of the instruments in clinical practice would not depend on professional experience. The assessment instrument 2 was considered less complex (p = 0.046), more easy to complete (p = 0.005) and more easy to understand (p = 0.003). Thus, even in the case of a process to be continued, it was possible to obtain a better quality instrument for respiratory assessment in horses, with hopes of assisting the MV field.
- Publication
Revista Academica Ciencia Animal, 2021, Vol 19, p1
- ISSN
2596-2868
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7213/acad.2021.19005