Table 1.
Demographic and Professional Background of the Survey Respondents
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Age, yr | 38 (34–44) |
| Age group, yr | |
| <35 | 45 (29.2) |
| 35–39 | 41 (26.6) |
| 40–44 | 35 (22.7) |
| ≥45 | 33 (21.4) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 104 (67.5) |
| Female | 50 (32.5) |
| Country (ASR*; rank†) | |
| Indonesia (12.1; 4th) | 16 (10.4) |
| Korea (44.5; 2nd) | 47 (30.5) |
| Malaysia (19.9; 2nd) | 15 (9.7) |
| Mongolia (6.2; 7th) | 24 (15.6) |
| Myanmar (9.1; 6th) | 7 (4.5) |
| Thailand (13.3; 3rd) | 40 (26.0) |
| Vietnam (13.4; 5th) | 5 (3.2) |
| Specialty | |
| Staff gastroenterologist | 130 (84.4) |
| Trainee gastroenterologist | 24 (15.6) |
| Type of practice | |
| Primary clinic | 25 (16.2) |
| Tertiary referral center | 129 (83.8) |
| Experience as an endoscopist, yr | |
| <1 | 17 (11.0) |
| 1–3 | 37 (24.0) |
| 4–10 | 57 (37.0) |
| >10 | 43 (27.9) |
| Volume of colonoscopy, case/yr | |
| <100 | 19 (12.3) |
| 100–499 | 79 (51.3) |
| 500–999 | 31 (20.1) |
| >1,000 | 25 (16.2) |
Data are presented as the median (interquartile range) or number (%).
*ASR stands for age-standardized rate (number of incident cases per 100,000 persons); †Rank means the rank of colorectal cancer incidence among overall malignancies in each country.