Table 3.

Summary of the findings.

Outcomes	Conclusion	95%CI	Number of studies
Familiarity with FMT	39.43% (the overall level, N = 3746) healthcare providers were familiar with FMT.	37.87%–41%	Nine observational studies
Readiness to recommend FMT to patients	58.81% (the overall level, N = 1141) healthcare providers were willing to recommend FMT to their patients.	55.95%–61.67%	Nine observational studies
Greatest concerns regarding FMT	66.67% (the overall level, N = 1941) healthcare providers considered that lacking clinical evidence was the greatest concerns regarding FMT.	64.57%–68.77%	Nine observational studies
Donor screening procedures	Healthcare providers’ perspectives regarding donor screening procedures were different, thus it was difficult to calculate the overall level.	Unclear	Seven observational studies
Causing the transmission of infection	40.43% (the overall level, N = 1128) healthcare providers would not implement FMT due to infection.	37.57%–43.29%	5 observational studies

CI, confidence interval; FMT, faecal microbiota transplantation.