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Reliability of assessment of dogs' behavioural responses by staff working at a welfare charity in the UK

机译：英国一家福利慈善机构工作人员评估狗的行为反应的可靠性

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Behavioural problems in dogs are it major cause for their relinquishment and return to animal shelters and rehoming centres. It is important that the staff in these welfare centres can reliably assess the behavioural characteristics of the dogs so that they can be rehomed to the most appropriate environment and the owners can be made aware of what to expect. There have been very few studies which have assessed the reliability of the assessment of dogs' behavioural responses; therefore this study was conducted to assess the inter-rater reproducibility and intra-rater repeatability of the assessment of behavioural responses of dogs by staff at a UK dog welfare charity.Forty members of staff at Dogs Trust, a UK dog welfare charity, were asked to assess 20 dogs based on the dogs' behaviour recorded on video. They were then asked to repeat these assessments 2 months after they had completed the first assessments using the same video. The data were then analysed for inter-rater reproducibility and intra-rater repeatability using the weighted kappa statistic. It wits found that there was a moderate level of agreement between staff in their assessment of the dogs' behavioural responses to a person 'approaching their kennel' and a poor to moderate level of agreement for behavioural responses to 'general handling and grooming'. Additionally, there was only a low-level of agreement for many of the responses to a dog 'meeting another dog' and this may have been due to the small number of dogs that were able to be assessed in this situation. The inter-rater reproducibility was greater when the analysis was restricted to those members of staff who had formal training or more than 8 years of experience. The intra-rater repeatability was generally moderate to high in all cases indicating it good consistency by members of staff over time.The current study shows that there is an overall moderate level of agreement amongst staff but as they gain experience and training their level of agreement tends to increase. This study also highlighted the need for the standardisation of the assessments currently used. It is important that staff are able to consistently identify behavioural characteristics of dogs in order to provide the best chance of a successful adoption.
机译：狗的行为问题是导致其放弃并返回动物收容所和安置中心的主要原因。这些福利中心的工作人员必须可靠地评估狗的行为特征，以便将它们重新安置到最合适的环境中，并使主人知道将会发生什么，这一点很重要。很少有研究评估狗行为反应评估的可靠性。因此，本研究旨在评估英国狗福利慈善机构工作人员对狗的行为反应评估的评估者之间的可重复性和评估者内部可重复性。英国狗福利慈善机构Dogs Trust的四十名工作人员被问到根据视频中记录的狗的行为评估20只狗。然后，他们被要求使用相同的视频在完成第一次评估后2个月重复进行这些评估。然后使用加权kappa统计量分析数据，以评估评估者之间的可重复性和评估者内部的可重复性。机智发现，在评估狗对“接近狗窝”的人的行为反应时，工作人员之间的共识程度适中，而对“一般处理和修饰”的行为反应的共识程度则差至中度。此外，对于“遇见另一只狗”的狗的许多回答只有一个较低水平的协议，这可能是由于在这种情况下能够评估的狗数量很少。当分析仅限于接受过正式培训或超过8年经验的工作人员时，评估者之间的可重复性更高。评估者内部的可重复性通常在所有情况下均处于中等到较高的水平，这表明工作人员随时间推移具有良好的一致性。当前研究表明，工作人员之间的协议总体上处于中等水平，但随着他们获得经验并培训他们的协议水平倾向于增加。这项研究还强调了目前使用的评估标准化的必要性。员工必须能够持续识别狗的行为特征，以提供成功收养的最佳机会，这一点很重要。

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