Knowledge, attitude, and practice of monitoring early gastric cancer after endoscopic submucosal dissection

Table 3 Questions and answers of practice assessments, n (%)

Questions	No	Yes
1. Do you have regular follow-up appointments in the Gastroenterology Outpatient Department after surgery?	161 (40.3)	239 (59.8)
2. Do you follow a low-salt diet after surgery?	66 (16.5)	334 (83.5)
3. Did you stop drinking alcohol after surgery?	63 (15.8)	337 (84.3)
4. Did you have Helicobacter pylori reexamination after surgery, such as a C-urea breath test?	309 (77.3)	91 (22.8)
5. Do you undergo regular gastroscopy reexaminations after surgery (3 mo, 6 mo, 9 mo, and 12 mo after surgery, then one gastroscopy every year afterward)?	234 (58.5)	166 (41.5)
6. Do you undergo yearly reexaminations by abdominal and chest CT scans after surgery?	286 (71.5)	114 (28.5)
7. Do you undergo yearly reexaminations of blood tumor biomarkers after surgery?	275 (68.8)	125 (31.3)
8. Do you regularly exercise after surgery?	328 (82.0)	72 (18.0)
9. Did you have significant body weight changes after surgery (more than 5 kilograms increased or decreased)?	14 (3.5)	386 (96.5)
10. Has your sleep status improved since the surgery?	296 (74.0)	104 (26.0)
11. Do you use dietary supplements or Traditional Chinese Medicine after surgery?	67 (16.8)	333 (83.3)

CT: Computed tomography.