Supporting data for “The roadmap to bettering the mental health of Hong Kong veterinarians through mixed-methods study and animal-assisted education”

There are four sets of data in total. Dataset 1 involved qualitative in-depth one-to-one interview with 18 Hong Kong veterinarians in companion animal practices were conducted between December 2020 and March 2021. Sixteen veterinarians and two veterinary specialists, consists of six male and twelve female, were asked of common stressors they face as a veterinarian, the challenges and the reward being a veterinarian, and coping strategies they adopt. This data covering topics on client and animal related stress, workplace and profession related stress, stress from the general public and from their self-expectations.Dataset 2 involved quantitative online survey collected from 56 Hong Kong veterinarians during January 2022 and March 2022 that explored their mental health situation, stressors, and self-compassion. Validated scale used in this survey covering areas of job demand and support (DCSQ), compassion satisfaction and fatigue (ProQOL), self-compassion and criticism (SCS), euthanasia distress (EDS), entrapment (E-SF), suicidality (SBQ-R), depression (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7). Demographic variables such as Cantonese proficiency and years of qualification were collected, as well as work-related information such as employment status, specialty and seniority, practice location, clinic ownership, average work hours per week, and ever received official complaints or been cyberbullied were obtained.Dataset 3 involved quantitative online pre and post survey were collected in 2022/23 semester 1from 24 students (total of 39 entries) from the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at the City University of Hong Kong that assess their mental health literacy and mental health status after having attended an animal-assisted education in mental health (AAE-MH) programme tailored for them. Validated scales used in this survey included Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MHKS), the Community Attitude Towards Mentally III Questionnaire (CAMI III), and Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS), depression (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7).Dataset 4 involved qualitative focus group discussion was conducted in March 2023 involving 5 teachers of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at the City University of Hong Kong and 2 moderators from the Department of Social Work and Social Administration from the University of Hong Kong. The three research questions are (1) How relevant are the topics to year 3 BVM students? (2) Do you think the programme is worth sustaining, given the time and resources required? and (3) How can we improve the programme. A deductive summary from the focus group discussion are recorded in the word document.

本数据集共计四组。数据集一涉及对18位在2020年12月至2021年3月期间从事伴侣动物医疗的香港兽医进行的定性深度一对一访谈。访谈对象包括16位兽医及2位兽医专家，其中男性6位，女性12位。访谈内容涵盖兽医面临之常见压力源、作为兽医所遭遇的挑战与回报，以及所采纳的应对策略。本数据集涵盖客户与动物相关压力、职场及职业相关压力、公众对其期望及自我期望带来的压力等议题。数据集二通过2022年1月至3月期间对56位香港兽医进行的在线问卷调查，调查了他们的心理健康状况、压力源及自我同情。调查中使用的验证量表包括工作需求与支持（DCSQ）、同情满足与疲劳（ProQOL）、自我同情与批评（SCS）、安乐死痛苦（EDS）、束缚（E-SF）、自杀倾向（SBQ-R）、抑郁症（PHQ-9）及焦虑症（GAD-7）。此外，还收集了人口统计学变量，如粤语熟练程度及资格年限，以及与工作相关的信息，如就业状况、专业、资历、诊所位置、诊所所有权、每周平均工作时间，以及是否曾收到官方投诉或遭受网络霸凌。数据集三通过2022/23学期第一学期对香港城市大学兽医医学学士学位的24名学生（共计39份有效回答）进行的在线预后调查，评估他们在参加为特定群体量身定制的心理健康辅助教育（AAE-MH）项目后的心理健康素养及心理健康状况。调查中使用的验证量表包括心理健康知识计划（MHKS）、社区对精神疾病态度问卷（CAMI III）、报告与意图行为量表（RIBS）、抑郁症（PHQ-9）及焦虑症（GAD-7）。数据集四涉及2023年3月对香港城市大学兽医医学学士学位的5位教师及香港大学社会工作与社会行政系的2位调解员进行的定性焦点小组讨论。研究问题包括：（1）这些议题对于三年级兽医医学专业学生而言具有何等的相关性？（2）考虑到所需的时间和资源，您认为该项目是否值得持续？（3）我们如何改进该项目？焦点小组讨论的归纳总结已记录于文档中。