Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease-Asian perspectives: the results of a multinational web-based survey in the 8th Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis meeting.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is no longer a rare disease in Asia, thus it needs to prepare recommendations relevant to Asian patients. This study aimed to identify disparities in the process of the diagnosis of IBD in Asian countries/regions.

Methods

In line with the 2020 Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis annual meeting, a multinational web-based survey about Asian physicians' perspectives on IBD was conducted.

Results

A total of 384 Asian physicians (99 in China, 93 in Japan, 110 in Korea, and 82 in other Asian countries/regions) treating IBD patients from 24 countries/regions responded to the survey. Most respondents were gastroenterologists working in an academic teaching hospital. About half of them had more than 10 years of clinical e

SUBMITTER: Lee HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10397551 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature