Comparing accuracy, patient experiences and costs of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy between nurse and physician endoscopists; a prospective cohort study.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- colon pathology10017943
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 4000
Inclusion Criteria
Patients referred for diagnostic sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy and signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Patients referred for a therapeutic colonoscopy (removal of an eary stage colorectal cancer).
Patients referred for diagnostic (sigmoidoscopy or) colonoscopy who are participating in the screening project for colorectal cancer.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome: diagnostic accuracy for finding lesions in the colon</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secundary outcome: patient experience (complications; pain/discomfort during<br /><br>and symptoms after the procedure, satisfaction, preferences;<br /><br>costs/cost-effectiveness. </p><br>