Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents

Characteristic (no of responders)	Criteria	Frequency (%)
Gender (n=351)	Male	20.5
	Female	78.8
	Other	0.6
Age (n=352)		Median 38 (IQR 29–49)
State (n=352)	New South Wales	54.3
	Victoria	22.7
	Queensland	11.1
	South Australia	2.0
	Northern territory	0.6
	Tasmania	3.1
	Western Australia	6.3
Education (n=353)	Primary or secondary school	9.1
	Completed high school	25.2
	University education	47.9
	Vocational education and training	17.8
Employment status (n=351)	Employed—full time	43.9
	Employed—part time	17.9
	Self employed	6.3
	Temporary/casual	7.7
	Unemployed	21.1
	Student	3.1
IBD diagnosis (n=354)	Ulcerative colitis	35.9
	Crohn’s disease	59.3
	IBD unspecified	4.8
Peri-anal Crohn’s (n=201)	Yes	39.3
Age at IBD diagnosis		Median 26 (IQR 20–34)
Current Clinical Status of Disease (n=337)	No symptoms	22.8
	Mild symptoms	43.0
	Moderate symptoms	20.2
	Severe symptoms	13.9
Chronic medical conditions apart from IBD	Diabetes	4.8
	Heart disease	3.7
	Lung disease (asthma, COPD)	9.9
	Previous stroke	1.1
	Hypertension	9.3
	Kidney disease	0.8
	Nil other medical condition	71.8

COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.