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

NCT02422680 | Withdrawn DMC

• 1 other identifier: AalborgH
• Study Type: observational
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Keywords

Quality assurance; Caecum intubation rate; Patient satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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 Outcomes (2)

• Nurses perception of patients' pain

  1 day

• Patient Pain (own Perception)

  1 day

Study Arms (1)

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.

Interventions

No intervention, purely observational. PROCEDURE

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.

Patients referred to a colonoscopy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• 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.

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aalborg University Hospital: lead
• Nordsim: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NordSim, Aalborg University Hospital

Aalborg, 9000, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (1)

• 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.

  PMID: 19319384 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms; Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intestinal Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Rectal Diseases; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Lasse Pedersen, m.d.

  Aalborg University Hospital, Surgical Department.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, Ph.D.-student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2015
• First Posted: April 21, 2015
• Study Start: March 23, 2015
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2015
• Study Completion: December 31, 2019
• Last Updated: July 5, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)