Table 2.
Physician perception of the percentage of their female IBD patients reporting pregnancy or pregnancy intentions.
| <10% | 10–24% | 25–50% | >50% | p value | |||||
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| n/N ∗ | %∗∗ | n/N ∗ | %∗∗ | n/N ∗ | %∗∗ | n/N ∗ | %∗∗ | ||
| What percentage of your female IBD patients of reproductive age inform you when they are trying to become pregnant? | |||||||||
| GI | 13/95 | 13.7 | 16/95 | (16.8%) | 15/95 | 15.8 | 51/75 | 53.7 | <0.001 |
| GP | 44/73 | 60.3 | 9/73 | (12.3%) | 8/73 | 11.0 | 12/73 | 16.4 | |
| Other | 5/11 | 45.5 | 1/11 | (9.1%) | 1/11 | 9.1 | 4/11 | 36.4 | |
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| All physicians | 62/179 | 34.6 | 26/179 | 14.5 | 24/179 | 13.4 | 67/179 | 37.4 | |
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| What percentage of your female IBD patients in your practice inform you when they are pregnant? | |||||||||
| GI | 7/96 | 7.3 | 2/96 | 2.1 | 3/96 | 3.1 | 84/96 | 87.5 | 0.001 |
| GP | 24/73 | 32.9 | 3/73 | 4.1 | 4/73 | 5.5 | 42/73 | 57.5 | |
| Other | 3/11 | 27.3 | 0/11 | 0.0 | 1/11 | 9.1 | 7/11 | 63.6 | |
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| All physicians | 34/180 | 18.9 | 5/180 | 2.8 | 8/180 | 4.4 | 133/180 | 73.9 | |
∗ n = number of responses falling into the response category; N = number of physicians who answered the question.
∗∗Percentages are calculated using the number of physicians who selected the response category as the numerator and the total number of physicians of that training status who provided a response to the question as the denominator.
GI: gastroenterologist, GP: general practitioner, and other: other specialists (general internists and surgeons).
IBD: inflammatory bowel disease.