| Question | Number responded | %, [95% CI] |
| Do you prescribe acid suppressing drugs for | your patients? | Yes | 50 | 100% [91.11, 99.82] | No | 0 | — |
| What percentage of patients require acid | suppressing drugs? | 90–100% | 6 | 12% [4.97, 25.00] | 60–89% | 20 | 40% [26.73, 54.80] | 30–59% | 18 | 36% [23.28, 50.86] | Less than 30% | 6 | 12% [4.97, 25.00] |
| Most common indication for prescribing | acid suppressing drugs | Acute gastritis | 25 | 50% [35.72, 64.28] | Stress ulcer prophylaxis | 11 | 22% [11.99, 36.33] | Along with NSAIDs | 10 | 10% [10.50, 34.14] | Others | 4 | 8% [2.59, 20.11] |
| Acid suppressing drug preferably prescribed | PPI | 46 | 92% [79.89, 97.41] | H2 receptor blocker | 2 | 4% [0.70, 14.86] | Others | 2 | 4% [0.70, 14.86] |
| Do you read the package insert of the acid | suppressing drug before prescribing? | Yes | 9 | 18% [9.05, 31.92] | No, not required | 9 | 18% [9.05, 31.92] | No, do not have time | 19 | 38% [25.00, 52.84] | No, never thought of it | 13 | 26% [15.08, 40.61] |
| Most common route of administration | preferred by you | Oral | 21 | 42% [28.49, 56.73] | Parenteral (IV/IM) | 29 | 58% [43.27, 71.51] |
| Duration of prescribing acid suppressing drugs | Less than 1 week | 31 | 62% [47.16, 75.00] | 1-2 weeks | 13 | 26% [15.08, 40.61] | 2–4 weeks | 4 | 8% [2.59, 20.11] | More than 4 weeks | 2 | 4% [0.70, 14.86] |
| From where do the patients procure acid | suppressing drugs prescribed by you? | Free of cost by hospital | 41 | 82% [68.08, 90.95] | Purchased by patient | 9 | 18% [9.05, 31.92] |
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