Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with IBD responding to the questionnaire.

Characteristicss of patients, n [%]	125 [100%]
Gender
Male	77 [61.6%]
Female	48 [38.4%]
Age, median, yr [minmax]	39 [18–74]
Time since diagnosis, median, yr [minmax]	5.0 [0.25–36]
Education level
University-educated	97 [77.6%]
Primary education	28 [22.4%]
Habitat
Urban	93 [74.4%]
Rural	32 [25.6%]
Diagnosis
Ulcerative colitis	58 [46.4%]
Crohn’s disease	45 [36.0%]
Inflammatory bowel disease unclassified	22 [17.6%]

IBD,inflammatory bowel disease; yr, years; min, minimum; max, maximum.