Christopher Jenson, Sharon Fitzgerald Wolff, Libby Matile Milkovich
Effects of a Preventive Mental Health Curriculum Embedded Into a Scholarly Gaming Course on Adolescent Self-Esteem: Prospective Matched Pairs Experiment
JMIR serious games
recent study doi 101371journalpone0265662 associations identified ownerreported dog health status diet whereby fed vegan diet perceived healthier however study limited consider possible confounding variables included analysis aim current study extend earlier findings using different modelling techniques including multiple variables identify important predictors owner perceptions dog health original dataset two binary outcome variables created health problem distinguished dogs owners perceived healthy perceived illness severity significant illness variable distinguished dogs owners perceived either healthy mild illness perceived significant serious illness yes associations health outcomes owneranimal metadata healthcare variables assessed using logistic regression machine learning predictive modelling using xgboost health problem outcome bestfit models logistic regression area curve auc 0842 xgboost auc 0836 contained variables dog age veterinary visits received medication whilst owner age breed size category also featured significant illness outcome received medication veterinary visits dog age important predictors logistic regression auc 0903 xgboost auc 0887 whilst breed size category education owner age also featured latter contribution dog vegan diet variable negligible results current study extend previous research using dataset suggest diet limited impact ownerperceived dog health status instead dog age frequency veterinary visits receiving medication important