Table 1.

Participant demographic and clinical characteristics.  GI gastrointestinal, IBD inflammatory bowel disease

Participants	N = 242
Gender
Male	223 (92.2%)
Female	19 (7.8%)
Practice setting (more than one)
Government medical college	56 (23.1%)
Private medical college	29 (12%)
Private group practice/corporate hospital	92 (38%)
Private individual practice	81 (33.5%)
Grade
Consultant gastroenterologist	201 (83.1%)
Physician with special interest in GI practice	15 (6.2%)
Gastroenterology trainee	18 (7.4%)
Other	8 (3.3%)
City of practice
Tier 1 (Metropolitan)	109 (45%)
Tier 2 (other state capitals)	47 (19.4%)
Tier 3 (all other cities and towns)	86 (35.6%)
Age (year)
25–34	45 (18.6%)
35–44	82 (33.9%)
45–54	46 (19%)
55–64	53 (21.9%)
> 65	16 (6.6%)
Years (post gastroenterology certification) in practice/ Still in training
< 1	15 (6.2%)
1–4	14 (5.8%)
5–9	48 (19.8%)
10–19	43 (17.8%)
> 20	46 (19%)   76 (31.4%)
% of patients with IBD in individual practice, (238 responses, 4 skipped)
< 10%	180 (75.6%)
11–25%	56 (23.5%)
26–50%	2 (0.9%)
> 50%	0 (0%)