Table 2.

Knowledge of 2006 Multi-society polyp surveillance guidelines (n=192)

Scenario	Guideline recommendation	Guideline concordant response Number (%)	Shorter interval than guideline recommendation Number (%)	Longer interval than guideline recommendation Number (%)
No polyps	10 years	187 (98%)	3 (2%)	0
Single 12 mm hyperplastic polyp	10 years	141 (74%)	49 (26%)	0
Three 5–8 mm hyperplastic polyps	10 years	159 (83%)	32 (17%)	0
Single 8 mm tubular adenoma	5–10 years	182 (97%)	5 (3%)	1 (1%)
Single 12 mm tubular adenoma	3 years	149 (78%)	2 (1%)	40 (21%)
Three 5–8 mm tubular adenomas	3 years	156 (82%)	1 (1%)	34 (18%)
Three 5–12 mm tubular adenomas	3 years	171 (90%)	7 (4%)	13 (7%)
Piecemeal resection of sessile polyp	2–6 months	110 (58%)	3 (2%)	76 (40%)

Among the 192 eligible gastroenterologists, the range of non-respondents to knowledge related questions were 1 to 4 gastroenterologists.

Percentages are rounded to nearest whole number