WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS REGARDING ACCEPTANCE TO THE COLONOSCOPY?

Autor: Vivian Mayumi USSUI, Ana Luiza Werneck da SILVA, Luana Vilarinho BORGES, José Guilherme Nogueira da SILVA, José Murilo Robilotta ZEITUNE, Cláudio Lyoiti HASHIMOTO
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 23-30
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4219
0004-2803
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032013000100006
Popis: ContextColonoscopy plays an indubitable role in the setting of clinical practice, however, it is an invasive exam; complex, lengthy, embarrassing, not devoid of risks and discomfort that yields fear and anxiety in the majority of patients. In a new era of rising competition between health institutions, where the quality of health care and client satisfaction are praised, studies regarding tolerance-related colonoscopy issues yield great potential to be explored. In the present study, tolerance is defined as willingness to repeat the exam.ObjectivesEvaluate information associated to bowel preparation, the exam itself and post-examination period that might interfere with the tolerance to the colonoscopy.MethodsAnalysis of the tolerance to the colonoscopy at three stages (pre, post, and during) through a checklist: patient's questionnaire and a medical assessment form were used.ResultsIn this present study, 91.2% of 373 patients exhibited positive tolerance to the colonoscopy. Aspects related to a negative level of tolerance were patient gender (12.9% of women versus 3.2% of men would not repeat the exam), age extremes (less than 20 years and greater than 80 years of age), and abdominal pain, both during the bowel preparation and after the procedure.ConclusionsGender, age, patient cooperation and abdominal pain were the decisive components regarding tolerance to the colonoscopy. Notably, in two phases of the exam, the abdominal pain was the most important feature associated to a lessened tolerance.
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