Colorectal Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
There is no theoretical or practical reason why non-medical personnel such as nurses could not be trained to perform diagnostic colonoscopy with comparable proficiency as medical endoscopists. Nurse endoscopists have been widely accepted in the United Kingdom for the past 15 years as a valuable resource to cope with the increasing demand for endoscopic service, in particular diagnostic colonoscopy for colorectal screening. A pilot study performed in Hong Kong in 2008 has shown that endoscopy nurses can be trained to perform diagnostic endoscopy safely and reliably. This study aims to demonstrate that properly trained nurse endoscopists have a comparable proficiency in performing colonoscopy procedures as their medical counterparts.
Interventions
PROCEDUREColonoscopy
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 1\. Subjects receiving screening colonoscopy * 2\. Age ≥ 18 * 3\. Informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* 1\. Subjects have undergone colonoscopy in the past 5 years * 2\. Patients with prior colorectal surgery * 3\. Subjects with a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, colon adenoma or cancer or family history of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis or Familial non-polyposis syndrome * 4\. Pregnant or lactating women * 5\. Lack of consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adenoma detection rate | Up to 3 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Withdrawal time | Up to 3 months |
| Complication rate | Up to 3 months |
| Cecal intubation RATE | Up to 3 months |
| Patients overall satisfactory score | Up to 3 months |
| Cecal intubation TIME | up to 3 months |
| Patients pain score | Up to 3 months |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed