Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of survey participants (N = 135)*
| Characteristics | Survey participants (N, %) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 30–40 | 58 (46.0) |
| 41–50 | 26 (20.6) |
| 51–60 | 21 (16.7) |
| 61–75 | 19 (15.1) |
| >75 | 2 (1.6) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 47 (37.6) |
| Male | 78 (62.4) |
| Type of practice | |
| Academic institution | 96 (76.2) |
| Private practice | 14 (11.1) |
| Hybrid model | 14 (11.1) |
| Other | 2 (1.6) |
| Years in practice | |
| <5 | 43 (34.4) |
| 5–10 | 29 (23.2) |
| 11–20 | 12 (9.6) |
| >20 | 41 (32.8) |
| Specialty | |
| General gastroenterology | 58 (46.4) |
| Interventional gastroenterology | 10 (8.0) |
| Motility/esophageal | 44 (35.2) |
| Other | 13 (10.4) |
| Region | |
| Northeast | 61 (48.8) |
| Midwest | 21 (16.8) |
| South | 19 (15.2) |
| West | 24 (19.2) |
*Nine participants did not provide demographic data on age or type of practice; 10 participants did not provide data on gender, years out of practice, specialty, or region.