Knowledge regarding celiac disease among healthcare professionals, patients and their caregivers in Turkey

Table 1 The distribution of health care professionals according to specialty

Specialty	Number (%), n = 348
General practitioners	129 (37.07)
Pediatricians	89 (25.57)
Pediatricians with other subspecialities	58 (16.67)
Pediatric gastroenterologists	72 (20.69)

Table 2 Results achieved by healthcare professionals according to the different questionnaire subsections on celiac disease

	General practitioners	Pediatricians	Pediatricians with other subspecialities	Pediatric gastroenterologists	P value
Overall mean score	54.18 ± 21.11	55.20 ± 20.90	50.29 ± 22.26	66.37 ± 15.32	< 0.001
Epidemiology and clinical presentation	66.87 ± 17.98	67.17 ± 17.79	62.01 ± 18.98	74.79 ± 17.12	< 0.001
Diagnostic procedure	40.38 ± 24.15	45.24 ± 24.78	40.29 ± 25.36	51.64 ± 22.94	0.023
Treatment and follow-up	55.29 ± 32.47	53.18 ± 31.76	48.56 ± 33.08	72.68 ± 18.82	< 0.001

Table 3 Results of celiac patients and parents according to the questionnaire

	Mothers of patients with CD	Fathers of patients with CD	Patients with CD	P value
	n = 102	n = 34	n = 34
Overall mean score	45.78 ± 18.10	48.63 ± 19.31	38.28 ± 19.22	0.055
Epidemiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis	47.65 ± 15.03	51.95 ± 17.12a	41.00 ± 17.40a	0.018
Treatment and follow-up	43.90 ± 28.02	45.31 ± 27.24	35.56 ± 27.72	0.260

^aThere was a significant difference between two groups. CD: Celiac disease