Automated Telephone Reminder for Colonoscopy
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Polyps
- Interventions
- Other: Phone call
- Registration Number
- NCT02478918
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen's University
- Brief Summary
This is a quality improvement study to determine the impact of an automated telephone reminder on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.
- Detailed Description
Randomized trial of automated reminders with bowel prep instructions and encouraging clear fluid ingestion. The phone calls will occur 48-96 hours prior to the scheduled colonoscopy.
All patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy and prescribed sodium picosulfate plus magnesium citrate will be eligible for enrollment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 234
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult patients
- Scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy at a later date
- Prescribed evening-before or split-dose low volume preparation regimens
Exclusion Criteria
- Refusal to receive automated telephone reminder
- No access to telephone
- Urgent/emergent indication for colonoscopy
- Prescribed a bowel prep other than Pico-Salax/Purgodan
- Receiving upper and lower combined procedure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Receiving reminder phone call Phone call Will receive phone call to remind colonoscopy date and bowel prep
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ottawa preparation scale score Immediately after procedure measures the cleanliness of each part of the colon and the overall fluid volume as assessed by the endoscopist
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of glasses of fluid consumed pre-colonoscopy 24 hours
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hotel Dieu Hospital
🇨🇦Kingston, Ontario, Canada