Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Varies Widely: A Need for Further Education

Table 2

Physician perception of the percentage of their female IBD patients reporting pregnancy or pregnancy intentions.

	<10%		10–24%		25–50%		>50%		value
		%		%		%		%
What percentage of your female IBD patients of reproductive age inform you when they are trying to become pregnant?
GI	13/95	13.7	16/95	(16.8%)	15/95	15.8	51/75	53.7	<0.001
GP	44/73	60.3	9/73	(12.3%)	8/73	11.0	12/73	16.4
Other	5/11	45.5	1/11	(9.1%)	1/11	9.1	4/11	36.4
All physicians	62/179	34.6	26/179	14.5	24/179	13.4	67/179	37.4
What percentage of your female IBD patients in your practice inform you when they are pregnant?
GI	7/96	7.3	2/96	2.1	3/96	3.1	84/96	87.5	0.001
GP	24/73	32.9	3/73	4.1	4/73	5.5	42/73	57.5
Other	3/11	27.3	0/11	0.0	1/11	9.1	7/11	63.6
All physicians	34/180	18.9	5/180	2.8	8/180	4.4	133/180	73.9

⁢ = number of responses falling into the response category; = number of physicians who answered the question.
Percentages are calculated using the number of physicians who selected the response category as the numerator and the total number of physicians of that training status who provided a response to the question as the denominator.
GI: gastroenterologist, GP: general practitioner, and other: other specialists (general internists and surgeons).
IBD: inflammatory bowel disease.