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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: No intervention, purely observational.

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 Type: Observational

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Denmark
  • Aalborg, Denmark, 9000
    • NordSim, Aalborg University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients referred to colonoscopy at the out patient clinic at Aalborg University department. All patients deemed fit to for at colonoscopy at the outpaient clinic were included. The patient population is a mix of screening and non-screening patients. The study begins in april 2015.

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Patients referred to a colonoscopy; 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.	Procedure: No intervention, purely observational.; No intervention is made other than following existing guidelines for colonoscopy. Further treatment and/or renewed colonoscopy in case of positive findings follows existing guidelines. The group is used only used to collect quality assurance data.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aalborg University Hospital
• Collaborators: Nordsim
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lasse Pedersen, m.d., Aalborg University Hospital, Surgical Department.

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Chartier L, Arthurs E, Sewitch MJ. Patient satisfaction with colonoscopy: a literature review and pilot study. Can J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar;23(3):203-9. doi: 10.1155/2009/903545.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 23, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2015
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): April 21, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 5, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 2, 2019
• Last Verified: July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Patient satisfaction; Quality assurance; Caecum intubation rate
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Rectal Diseases; Colorectal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: AalborgH

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO