TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of respondents.

Baseline characteristics	Responders (N = 586)
Age, year	34.0 ± 11.4
Male gender, N (%)	350 (59.7)
Specialty, N (%)
Internists	173 (29.5)
Resident physicians in internal medicine	105 (17.9)
General surgeons	102 (17.4)
Primary care physicians	77 (13.1)
Gastroenterologists	76 (13.0)
Resident physicians in surgery	30 (5.1)
Colorectal surgeons	23 (3.9)
Years of practice, N (%)
≤5 years	129 (22.0)
6–10 years	206 (35.2)
11–15 years	69 (11.8)
16–20 years	56 (9.6)
>20 years	126 (21.5)
Patients seen per week, N (%)
≤20	49 (8.4)
21–50	192 (32.8)
51–100	191 (32.6)
>100	154 (26.3)
Distribution of workplace, N (%)
Academic centers	176 (30.0)
Tertiary care centers	150 (25.6)
Private hospitals	92 (15.7)
Provincial hospitals	80 (13.7)
Community hospitals	77 (13.1)
Private clinics	11 (1.9)
Geographic distribution, N (%)
Central	307 (52.4)
South	108 (18.4)
North	91 (15.5)
Northeast	58 (9.9)
East	22 (3.8)

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or number and percentage.