A novel intubation discomfort score to predict painful unsedated colonoscopy

Limei Wang, Hui Jia, Hui Luo, Xiaoyu Kang, Linhui Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Shaowei Yao, Qin Tao, Yanglin Pan, Xuegang Guo, Limei Wang, Hui Jia, Hui Luo, Xiaoyu Kang, Linhui Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Shaowei Yao, Qin Tao, Yanglin Pan, Xuegang Guo

Abstract

Pain during colonoscopy is a critical quality indicator and often a limiting factor for unsedated colonoscopy. This study aimed to identify factors associated with pain during colonoscopy and establish a model for predicting a painful colonoscopy.Patients aged 18 to 80 who underwent unsedated colonoscopy were prospectively enrolled in 2 tertiary endoscopic centers in China. The primary outcome was the rate of painful colonoscopy and then we identify high-risk factors associated with painful colonoscopy. A prediction model with an intubation discomfort score (IDS) was developed and validated.Totally 607 patients participated in this study, including 345 in the training cohort and 262 in the validation cohort. Body mass index (BMI) of <18.5 kg/m2 (OR 2.18, 95% CI: 1.09-4.37), constipation (OR 2.45, 95% CI: 1.25-4.80), and anticipating moderate or severe pain (OR 2.06, 95% CI: 1.12-3.79) were identified as independent predictive factors for painful colonoscopy and used to develop the IDS (all P < .05). Patients with IDS ≥1 had increased insertion time [9.32(6.2-13.7)] minutes vs 6.87(5.1-10.4) minutes, P = .038) and decreased cecal intubation rate (96.0% vs 99.6%, P = .044). Abdominal compression (48.4% vs 19.9%, P < .001) and position change (59.7% vs 32.1%, P < .001) were more frequently required in the group of patients with IDS ≥1. These results were externally validated in a validation cohort.The intubation discomfort score developed in this study was useful for predicting pain during colonoscopy, with IDS ≥1 indicating painful colonoscopy.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interests to disclose.

Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Figures

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Figure 1
Study flowchart.
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(A) ROC curve of IDS for the prediction of painful colonoscopy in the training cohort. (B) ROC curve of IDS for the prediction of painful colonoscopy in the validation cohort.

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