Understanding the health and social care needs of people living with IBD: A meta-synthesis of the evidence

Table 2 Demographics of synthesised studies

Ref.	Date	Country	Age range	Gender	Disease	Disease duration	Sample size
Dudley-Brown[17]	1996	United States	30-50 yr	1 female; 2 male	3 ulcerative colitis	1-10 yr	3
Daniel et al[51]	2001	Canada	18-24 yr	2 female; 3 male	IBD not specified	< 2 yr	5
Hall et al[50]	2005	United Kingdom	Not specified but all > 16 yr	19 female; 12 male	14 Crohn’s disease; 17 ulcerative colitis	Not specified but all > 2 yr	31
Burger et al[38]	2005	United States	30-65 yr	6 female; 2 male	6 Crohn’s disease; 2 ulcerative colitis	2-40 yr	8
Lynch et al[53]	2007	New Zealand	16-21 yr	3 female; 1 male	All Crohn’s disease	< 18 mo	4
Pihl-Lesnovska et al[52]	2010	Sweden	29-83 yr	5 female; 6 male	All Crohn’s disease	2-33 yr	11
Cooper et al[54]	2010	United Kingdom	30-40 yr	11 female; 13 male	12 Crohn’s disease; 12 ulcerative colitis	1- > 10 yr	24

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.