This readme.txt file was generated on 2020-MM-DD ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: 200429 Cat Epilepsy - Open Access data Epidemiology of recurrent seizure disorders and epilepsy in cats under primary veterinary care in the UK -- Supporting Data 2. Author Information: Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Dan G. O'Neill, Institution: Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College Address: Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK Email: doneill@rvc.ac.uk Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Stephanie A. Phillipps, Department of Small Animal Clinical Science, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, CH64 7TE, UK Name: Dave C. Brodbelt Institution: Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College Address: Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK Name: David B. Church Institution: Clinical Sciences and Services, The Royal Veterinary College Address: Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK Name: Jordon R. Egan , Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK Name: Holger A. Volk, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA (Current address: University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 9, 30559 Hannover, Germany) 3. Dates of data collection: 2013 4. Geographic location of data collection: Data from 282 UK veterinary practices, collected and aggregated by VetCompass 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: N/A -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: These VetCompass™ data are made available to assist interested readers of the original papers to delve deeper into some of the results provided, and to enhance academic rigour and reproducibility by enabling external scrutiny and also to provide learning resources for students. As an academic research programme, VetCompass is also very keen to share open access data that may be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students to explore and analyse as a learning resource. It should be noted, though, that the open access data generally represent just a subsection of the complete original study data. VetCompass contributors are able to share these sections of data openly in accordance with current ethical considerations and data protection regulations. Fields with sensitive, confidential or identifying information from the original full datasets have been redacted. Datasets may also hold curtailed lists of study animals. Safe inferences derived from the full, unredacted datasets are summarised in the accompanying peer-reviewed publication. VetCompass emphasises that full understanding of the provenance and context of any dataset is an essential component for safe interpretation. Such understanding by the original researchers will have been critical for the validity of the peer-reviewed publication. Further inference without this core contextual understanding and without access to the full dataset should be regarded as incomplete and provisional at best. These Open Access data are provided: • Purely for validation and learning exercise purposes • With no ethical permissions for use in further formal research • With no warranty or assurances for completeness or veracity • With no background information on the context beyond that which is described in the originating publication. • With no additional support offered by the original researchers or authors • With no responsibility of any kind accepted by the Royal Veterinary College or VetCompass on any matters arising from the access, sharing, analysis or outcomes of usage of these data in any way. 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: N/A 5. Was data derived from another source? Yes. These data were shared from UK veteirnary clinics participating in VetCompass. 6. Recommended citation for the data: --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: 200429 Cat Epilepsy - Open Access data Short description: Spreadsheet of some data that are allowed to be shared and that support the associated publication 2. Relationship between files: N/A 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Data that hold identifying information. 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset No -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: As described in the accompanying publication. 2. Methods for processing the data: A section of the raw study data have been exported as a CSV file. The dataset has been fully anonymised by removing any client and animal details that might enable the client to be identified. 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: CSV is a common data exchange format that is widely supported by consumer, business, and scientific applications including Excel (Microsoft) and Numbers (Apple). 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: A section of the raw study data have been provided. 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: The study authors as listed in the accompanying paper. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Final_Data_PLOS.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 7 2. Number of cases/rows: 363,898 rows 3. Variable List A. Name: Patient ID Description: ID number assigned to patient (disguised/anonymised) B. Name: RSD Case Description: Recurrent seizure status Value labels: case - confirmed case of RSD, Non-case - non-case C. Name: Epilepsy case Description: Epilepsy status Value labels: case - confirmed case of epilepsy Non-case - non-case D. Name: Source breed Description: Patient's breed E. Name: Age Description: Patient's age in years F. Name: Sex Description: Sex of patient G. Name: Neutered Description: Neutered status of patient at the final available record Value labels: Unknown - neutered status unknown, Entire, Neutered H. Name: Insured Description: Insuredstatus of patient at the final available record Value labels: Insured - insured. uninsured - uninsured. Blank - status unknown 4. Missing data codes: Unknown: Status not known Empty cell: Data not available 5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used: N/A