Table 1 Background Characteristics of Survey Respondents
From: International Survey on Evaluation and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Country (n = 200) | ||
USA | 137 | 68.5 |
Non-USA | 63 | 31.5 |
Gender (n = 195) | ||
Male | 105 | 54 |
Female | 90 | 46 |
Primary specialty (n = 200) | ||
Pediatrics | 96 | 48 |
Medicine | 60 | 30 |
Medicine/pediatrics | 22 | 11 |
Others | 22 | 11 |
Subspecialty (n = 194) | ||
Allergy-immunology | 166 | 86 |
Allergy only | 22 | 11 |
Other | 6 | 3 |
Years in practice (n = 200) | ||
> 10 | 105 | 52.5 |
≤ 10 | 95 | 47.5 |
Type of practice (n = 185) | ||
Academic | 96 | 52 |
Private | 89 | 48 |
Location of practice (n = 194) | ||
Urban/suburban | 183 | 94 |
Rural | 11 | 6 |
Patients seen per week (n = 200) | ||
> 30 | 135 | 67.5 |
≤ 30 | 65 | 32.5 |
EoE patient encounter frequency (n = 197) | ||
Monthly | 144 | 73 |
Weekly | 53 | 27 |
EoE patients seen per week (n = 195) | ||
1 | 163 | 83 |
2-3 | 21 | 11 |
> 3 | 11 | 6 |
Average age of EoE patients (n = 194) | ||
0-10 | 74 | 38 |
11-30 | 78 | 40 |
> 30 | 42 | 22 |