Table 1. Practice characteristics and colonoscopy surveillance patterns of study respondents (n = 49).

Practice characteristics
Time in practice, median (IQR), years	12 (17)
Subspecialty training in IBD, n (%)	35 (71.4)
Proportion of IBD in practice, n (%)
< 25 %	17 (34.7)
25 % – 50 %	15 (30.6)
> 50 %	17 (34.7)
Colonoscopy surveillance patterns
Annual number of IBD surveillance colonoscopies, n (%)
< 25	14 (28.6)
25 – 100	23 (46.9)
> 100	12 (24.5)
Adherence to any major society screening guidelines, n (%)
< 25 %	8 (16.3)
25 % – 50 %	6 (12.2)
> 50 %	35 (71.4)
Preferred screening interval, n (%)
Yearly screening	9 (18.4)
Every 2 – 3 years	38 (77.5)
Every 4 – 5 years	2 (4.1)
Duration of surveillance colonoscopies, median (IQR), minutes	30 (20)
Number of biopsies per surveillance biopsy, median (IQR)	35 (4.1)
Preferred surveillance methods, n (%)
White-light colonoscopy with random colonic biopsies	36 (73.5)
Dye-based chromoendoscopy	13 (26.5)

IQR, interquartile range; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.