Cure8 research brief
This survey shows IUS is increasingly recognized but underutilized in China due to limited training and varied perceptions across specialties; patients generally like IUS but many have safety concerns. Addressing training and patient education could expand appropriate use.
Gastroenterologists, radiologists, IBD patients and caregivers, hospital administrators, researchers interested in imaging implementation.
This nationwide cross-sectional survey of Chinese physicians and IBD patients examined awareness, availability, and use of transabdominal intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in routine IBD care.
Most physicians reported wanting to adopt IUS and most institutions reported some availability, but routine use was limited: only a minority of physicians used IUS in the majority of their IBD patients, and fewer than one-third had IUS training.
Radiologists and gastroenterologists differed markedly in perceptions of what IUS is sensitive for (for example, treatment response, fistula, abscess, fibrosis), and patients reported high satisfaction but notable safety concerns.
Findings are from a nationwide questionnaire-based cross-sectional study reporting availability, perceptions, and self-reported use; it does not provide diagnostic performance or patient outcome data. The structured brief is grounded in the article abstract.
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