Patient Satisfaction With Colonoscopy in a Danish Setting - What Are the Most Important Factors?

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: No intervention, purely observational.

• Registration Number: NCT02422680
• Lead Sponsor: Aalborg University Hospital

Brief Summary

The study aim is to investigate factors associated with patient satisfaction during a colonoscopy.

Detailed Description

The study aim to capture key quality indicators and patient satisfaction for 800 patients referred for a colonoscopy at Aalborg University Hospital. The patient population is mix of screening and non-screening colonoscopies seen at our out-patient clinic.

Each Colonoscopy is registered using a specially designed registration form and a more detailed form relating to the colonoscopy itself. The data collected includes: The Colonoscopist endoscopy experience and education, Medicine use, Colonoscopy duration, Unadjusted Caecum Intubations rate, Polyp detection rate, Polyps removed, Cancer detection rate and Nurse assisted Gloucester Comfort score.

Patient level data were recorded using a questionaire with 6 questions regarding satisfaction, pain, discomfort etc on a 10 cm analog scale.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03-23
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2015-09-30
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-05
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients referred to colonoscopy at the out-patient clinic at Aalborg University department.

Exclusion Criteria

• Rejection to fill out questionaire.
• Patents referred to AVA (advanced endoscopy unit) were excluded as the are not comparable to regular colonoscopies. Most patients are referred to AVA for specific endoscopy treatments such as large polyp removals etc.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients referred to a colonoscopy	No intervention, purely observational.	A min. of 800 patients referred to colonoscopy at Aalborg University Hospital. The 800 patients are from the out patient clinic. A mix of screening and non-screening patients.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Satisfaction	1 day	Each patient were given a questionaire with 6 questions answering satisfaction, pain, discomfort etc on a 10 cm analog scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nurses perception of patients' pain	1 day	Nurse assisted Gloucester Comfort score
Patient Pain (own Perception)	1 day	10 cm analog scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NordSim, Aalborg University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark