Bowel Preparation
Conditions
Keywords
Bowel preparation
Brief summary
Inadequate bowel preparation results in decreased rates of cecal intubation, increased rates of missing important lesions, increased patient discomfort, higher risk of complications, prolonged procedure time and increased health-care cost. Recent study reported that Telephone-based re-education (TRE) on the day before colonoscopy significantly improved the quality of bowel preparation and polyp detection rate. However, there is no study to compare the effect of telephone with short message system (SMS) based re-education on the quality of bowel preparation in health screened population. Our goal is to improve the quality of bowel preparation with telephone or SMS based re-education for outpatients undergoing screening colonoscopies. The investigators hypothesise that efforts to improve education and maximise patient compliance during the preparatory period will enhance the efficacy of bowel preparation.
Interventions
OTHERTelephone based re-education
The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus intervention such as telephone based re-education by one investigator on the day before colonoscopy.
OTHERShort message system based re-education
The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus intervention such as short message system based re-education by one investigator on the day before colonoscopy.
Sponsors
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All health screened populations * age \>18 * scheduled for an elective screening colonoscopy
Exclusion criteria
* inpatients * pregnancy * breast feeding * prior history of surgical large bowel resection * patients allergic to PEG-ELS based laxatives
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of bowel preparation | day 1 | The primary outcomes will be the endoscopist's assessment of the quality of preparation using Boston and Ottawa bowel preparation scare |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| polyp detection rate | day 1 | The number of polyp prescribed by endoscopist. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient compliance | baseline | Patient compliance with preparation instructions self-reported in a pre-procedure questionnaire |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed