Respondent characteristics
A total of 93 questionnaire responses were included in the study (Table 1), and their geographical distribution was as follows: 57 from developed countries (Greece, n = 43; the United States, n = 9; and Poland, n = 5) and 36 from developing countries (Brazil, n = 21 and Egypt, n = 15). Among all respondents, the majority of endoscopists worked in academic hospitals (73.7%) in developed countries and in hybrid hospitals (61.1%) in developing countries. The practice settings for endoscopists significantly differed between developed and developing countries (χ2 = 38.809, P = 0.001). Most endoscopists had been practicing for more than 20 years in both regions (developed 36.8%, developing 33.3%); however, the years of independent gastroenterological or endoscopic…