Characteristic | |
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N | 775 |
Male, % | 37 |
Median age, year (SD) | 44.6 (15.1) |
National patient organization member, % | 10 |
Single, no partner | 25 |
Single, with partner | 26 |
Married | 49 |
Full-time | 43 |
Part-time | 16 |
Chronic back pain | 15 |
Migraine | 14 |
Arthritis | 13 |
Depression | 12 |
Asthma | 10 |
In flare | 11 |
Mildly symptomatic | 43 |
In remission | 46 |
Currently receiving UC therapy, % | 76 |
5-ASA/aminosalicylate | 75 |
Monotherapy | 43 |
Corticosteroids | 32 |
Immune therapy† | 24 |
Antibiotics | 8 |
Biological therapy | 15 |
Other | 9 |
Physicians | |
N | 475 |
Male, % | 82 |
Mean qualification year (SD) | 1992 (9.1) |
Gastroenterology | 82 |
Internal medicine | 18 |
Lower GI/IBD specialist, % | 68 |
Office | 19 |
Hospital | 64 |
Equal | 17 |
City center | 71 |
Suburban | 23 |
Rural | 6 |
Teaching hospital, % | 67 |
Public | 89 |
Private | 11 |
Mean % of working day devoted to clinical practice (SD) | 87.4 (11.2) |
Mean number of patients with UC seen in typical month, n (SD) | 35.2 (33.0) |
N | 50 |
Male, % | 8 |
Mean year of qualification (SD) | 1992 (7.5) |
Mean year becoming IBD Nurse (SD) | 2003 (3.8) |
Nurse practitioner | 10 |
Nurse prescriber | 6 |
Clinical nurse specialist | 84 |
City center | 56 |
Suburban | 40 |
Rural | 4 |
Teaching hospital, % | 80 |
Mean % of working day devoted to direct patient care (SD) | 80.8 (14.1) |
Mean number of patients with UC seen in typical month, n (SD) | 66.6 (40.2) |
Percentage of nurses who make treatment decisions for patients with UC | 86 |
Percentage of nurses who are qualified nurse prescriber | 44 |
Percentage of nurses who write 5-ASA prescriptions for mild-to-moderate UC | 77 |
Mean number of 5-ASA prescriptions written per month (SD) | 21.4 (15.9) |