Colonoscopy
Conditions
Keywords
Colon cleansing, Quality, Cost-effectiveness
Brief summary
The quality of colon cleansing has a major impact on efficiency and cost of colonoscopy. A hand-out was made to instruct and motivate patients to adequately clean the bowel before colonoscopy. The aim of the study is to compare adequacy of bowel cleansing in hospitalized patients receiving the hand-out or not on the day before colonoscopy.
Interventions
PROCEDURESelf-administered leaflet
Sponsors
University Hospital, Geneva
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Total colonoscopy scheduled during hospital stay in the Hôpital Universitaire de Genève (excluding dependencies); * Informed consent for inclusion in the study signed by the patient; * Ability to read and write at least one of the following languages : French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Exclusion criteria
* Colonoscopy scheduled under general anesthesia; * Occupation inside the healthcare professions; * Previous colonoscopy, colostomy or colectomy; * Megacolon or idiopathic pseudo-obstruction.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of overall colon cleansing | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frequency of inadequate preparation and of failed procedure, | — |
| Time to intubate the caecum, | — |
| Quality of cleansing in the ascending colon, | — |
| Patient compliance with the self-administered leaflet, | — |
| Patient comfort with the colonoscopy. | — |
| Cost-effectiveness of the self-administered leaflet, | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactJean-Marc Dumonceau, MD,PhD
Backup ContactJean-Marc Dumonceau
Outcome results
None listed