Abstract
VETS rely upon owner (carer) reports of seizures to initially diagnose epilepsy in their patients and ongoing seizure diaries to assess changes in seizure frequency (and thus treatment outcomes). In...
Highlights
Vets rely upon owner reports of seizures to initially diagnose epilepsy in their patients, and ongoing seizure diaries to assess changes in seizure frequency
Owners were posed a variety of questions regarding their perception of different seizure types including which seizure type they thought [1] caused more damage to the dog's brain or body, [2] was more distressing for their dog, [3] had a greater impact on their dog's quality of life (QoL), [4]
They wanted anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) to reduce more, [5] they thought their vet was more concerned by, [6] they were more likely to report to their vet, [7] they understood more and [8] they felt more in control of
Summary
Vets rely upon owner (carer) reports of seizures to initially diagnose epilepsy in their patients, and ongoing seizure diaries to assess changes in seizure frequency (and treatment outcomes). Owners were posed a variety of questions regarding their perception of different seizure types including which seizure type (out of FS, GS or equal) they thought [1] caused more damage to the dog's brain or body, [2] was more distressing for their dog, [3] had a greater impact on their dog's QoL, [4] The majority of owners considered GS to be more damaging to their dog’s brain and body, and more distressing to their dog than FS (Table 2).
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