TABLE 2.

Gastroenterologist perceptions and practices regarding complementary alternative medicine (CAM)

	<10%	10% – 25%	>25% – 50%	>50%
What percentage of your patients has mentioned the use of CAM as a part of their treatment of inflammatory bowel disease?	18 (21)	36 (41)	21 (24)	12 (14)
How often do you initiate a discussion with your patients about their use of CAM?	34 (40)	24 (28)	11 (13)	15 (18)
How often does a patient with IBD initiate a discussion about their use of CAM?	20 (23)	34 (39)	26 (13)	7 (8)
What percentage of your patients do you think use CAM and do not tell you about it?	10 (12)	33 (38)	33 (38)	10 (12)

Data presented as n (%). IBD Inflammatory bowel disease