Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, Colon cancer screening, Pain, Screening
Brief summary
According to experience in a self-payed health check-up center,unsedated total colonoscopy is not inferior or may be better than unsedated sigmoidoscopy in terms of pain and patients' acceptance. Hypothesis: Unsedated total colonoscopy is not inferior to unsedated sigmoidoscopy in terms of pain and patients' acceptance.
Detailed description
According to American Cancer Society guideline, screening total colonoscopy every 10 years or sigmoidoscopy every 5 years is recommended for average risk people above 50 years old. However,study in Taiwanese population demonstrated that 37.8% of colorectal lesions were beyond reach of sigmoidoscope, and in cases with lesions with advanced pathology, 66.7% did not have distal colorectal lesion. However, many people think colonoscopy is more painful and choose sigmoidoscopy for screening. However, according to experience in a self-payed health check-up center,unsedated total colonoscopy is not inferior or may be better than unsedated sigmoidoscopy in terms of pain and patients' acceptance.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
DEFINED_POPULATION
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subjects who undergo self-payed unsedated colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy for colon cancer screening.
Exclusion criteria
* Difficulty in assessing pain during the procedure and acceptance for the procedure
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactWei Chih Liao, MD
Outcome results
None listed