Chinese physicians’ perceptions of fecal microbiota transplantation

Table 1 Characteristics of the survey respondents n (%)

Characteristic	n = 844
Age, mean ± SD (range)	36.1 ± 9.2 (19-81)
Gender, male	395 (46.8)
Region
North West	211 (32.7)
North	152 (23.6)
East	100 (15.5)
North East	83 (12.9)
South West	68 (10.5)
South Central	31 (4.8)
Missing data	199
Education
College degree	295 (35.0)
Postgraduate degree	341 (40.4)
Doctoral degree	188 (22.3)
Post-doctoral degree	19 (2.3)
Professional title
Resident physician	291 (34.6)
Attending physician	210 (24.9)
Associated chief physician	198 (23.5)
Chief physician	143 (17.0)
Level of hospital
Community hospital	15 (1.8)
Secondary hospital	88 (10.4)
Tertiary hospital	737 (87.3)
Profession
Gastroenterologist	647 (76.7)
General surgeons	49 (5.8)
Endocrinologist	28 (3.3)
Others	120 (14.2)
Working time in gastroenterology (yr)
< 2	295 (35.3)
3-5	111 (13.3)
6-10	106 (12.7)
10-20	188 (22.5)
> 20	135 (16.2)

Regions were classified according to the common geographical zones in China.

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the factors associated with fecal microbiota transplantation awareness

Variable	P-vaule	OR	95%CI
Age	0.160	1.391	0.878-2.203
Region	< 0.0011
Region (North)	< 0.0011	0.288	0.163-0.508
Region (North East)	0.0111	0.385	0.185-0.800
Region (South Central)	0.058	3.005	0.963-9.376
Region (East)	0.089	0.555	0.282-1.093
Region (South West)	0.051	0.467	0.217-1.003
Educational background	< 0.0011	1.958	1.402-2.733
Professional title	0.0101	1.676	1.133-2.480
Level of hospital	0.069	1.759	0.958-3.228
Department	0.0011
Department (gastroenterology)	< 0.0011	4.182	1.895-9.229
Department (general surgery)	0.104	2.429	0.834-7.073
Department (endocrinology)	0.903	0.919	0.235-3.584
Working time on gastroenterology	0.476	1.090	0.860-1.383

¹P < 0.05. Age was divided into 4 groups: ≤ 30 years, 30-40 years (including 40 years), 40-50 years (including 50 years), > 50 years.

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with fecal microbiota transplantation preference

Variable	P-vaule	OR	95%CI
Age	0.672	1.155	0.593-2.250
Region	0.0071
Region (North)	0.838	1.101	0.437-2.773
Region (North East)	0.095	0.412	0.146-1.167
Region (South Central)	0.748	1.419	0.168-11.975
Region (East)	0.096	0.456	0.180-1.151
Region (South West)	0.0061	0.264	0.102-0.683
Educational background	0.945	1.016	0.657-1.570
Professional title	0.757	0.913	0.513-1.624
Level of hospital	0.0411	0.359	0.134-0.961
Department	0.910
Department (gastroenterology)	0.510	1.291	0.604-2.760
Department (general surgery)	0.778	1.177	0.379-3.657
Department (endocrinology)	0.598	1.463	0.356-6.020
Working time on gastroenterology	0.683	0.933	0.670-1.299
Understanding of FMT	0.0021	3.265	1.555-6.855

¹P < 0.05. FMT: Fecal microbiota transplantation.