Outcomes and patients’ perspectives of transition from paediatric to adult care in inflammatory bowel disease

Table 2 Patient demographics with different ages n (%)

	As a child	Current	As a child	Current
ASGC classification1 (Postcode based)
RA1 - Major cities	28 (64)	34 (76)	20 (67)	17 (57)
RA2 - Inner regional	9 (20)	8 (18)	4 (13)	6 (20)
RA3 - Outer regional	4 (9)	2 (4)	2 (7)	6 (20)
RA4 - Remote	3 (7)	0 (0)	3 (10)	1 (3)
RA5 - Very remote	0 (0)	1 (2)	1 (3)	0 (0)
SEIFA classification (IRSAD)2 (Quintiles)
1	8 (18.5)	3 (7.0)	7 (23.3)	6 (20.0)
2	9 (21.0)	11 (25.5)	3 (10.0)	4 (13.3)
3	15 (35.0)	11 (25.5)	10 (33.3)	10 (33.3)
4	6 (14.0)	8 (19.0)	6 (20.0)	4 (13.3)
5	5 (11.5)	10 (23.0)	4 (13.3)	6 (20.0)

¹Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Areas[22];

²Socio-economic Indexes for Areas. The Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage[23]. NB: No statistical difference was found between cohorts for ASGC or SEIFA classification. NB: Not all subjects answered every question and consequently the denominators for each response are provided.