Table 1.

Characteristics of the participating gastroenterologists

	Participating gastroenterologists (N = 32)
Age, mean (range), years	49.8 (33–75)
Gender, n (%)
Male	29 (90.6)
Female	3 (9.4)
Training n (%)
Specialist in gastroenterology	25 (78.1)
Gastroenterologist in training	7 (21.9)
Years of experience as gastroenterologist, mean (range)	13.2 (1–40)
Workplace, n (%)
Public hospital	31 (96.9)
Private clinic	1 (3.1)