Colon Cancer Screening
Conditions
Keywords
colonoscopy
Brief summary
The investigators aimed to determine whether an interactive, online educational platform could improve procedure show rates and bowel preparation scores in an outpatient population presenting for routine colonoscopy.
Detailed description
The investigators performed a prospective, endoscopist-blinded, randomized controlled trial at a hospital-based outpatient endoscopy center. Eligible patients were randomized to two groups. Both groups received verbal and written instructions per standard care, while the intervention group received access to an interactive, on-line video. Primary outcomes were bowel preparation scores graded using the Boston Bowel Prep Score (BBPS), procedure show rates, patient satisfaction, and pre-procedure anxiety. Secondary outcomes included adenoma detection rate, mean bowel prep score per colonic segment, total number of polyps detected, and complication rates.
Interventions
OTHEReducational video
an interactive educational video was viewed by participants in the intervention arm.
Sponsors
Washington University School of Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* English speaking * Access to text messaging and the internet (mobile phone access alone was considered sufficient) * Prescribed standard split-dose bowel preparation * Able to provide informed consent via telephone.
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant * Mentally impaired * Undergoing screening or surveillance for inflammatory bowel disease .
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adequacy of bowel prep | intra procedure | adequacy of colonoscopy bowel prep was scored from 0 (worst) to 9 (best). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed