Examination of Physicians’ Perception of the Indications of Colorectal Stents in the Management of Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction: A Provincial Survey

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of survey respondents.

Demographics ()
Survey language	English	8.0% (9)
	French	92.0% (103)
Age	Less than 35	25.9% (29)
	36–45	33.9% (38)
	46–55	25.0% (28)
	56–65	12.5% (14)
	More than 65	2.7% (3)
Sex	Male	64.3% (72)
	Female	35.7% (40)
Specialty	Gastroenterology	39.3% (44)
	Surgical	58.9% (66)
	Other	1.8% (2)
Type of practice	Academic	42.0% (47)
	Community	40.2% (45)
	Both	17.8% (20)
Years of practice	Less than 10	39.3% (44)
	10–19	33.0% (37)
	20 or more	27.7% (31)
Colonoscopies	Yes	86.6% (97)
	No	13.4% (15)
Colorectal stents	Yes	19.6% (22)
	No	80.4% (90)