The study was aimed to prospectively evaluate the acceptance rate of unsedated colonoscopy, in a setting where routine sedation for colonoscopy is standard practice and to characterize the subset of patients willing to try and potentially completing an unsedated procedure.
Patients were offered to undergo colonoscopy without routine premedication. In case of both acceptance and refusal, a brief questionnaire recording demographics (gender, age, level of education) and clinical features was prospectively recorded in a standard data sheet by one of the four endoscopists at enrollment. Clinical features recorded for each patient included: indication to the procedure, history of abdominal surgery or irritable bowel syndrome, presence of pain as main symptom, chronic use of sedative medications, level of patient's anxiety (none, mild, moderate or severe), main concern about the examination and reason for willing to attempt unsedated procedure.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
964
Patients were offered to undergo colonoscopy without routine premedication
Patients were offered to undergo unsedated procedure. Their demographics and clinical data were recorded
Vadluce Hospital
Como, Italy
ODDS ratio for unsedated colonoscopy acceptance
Multivariate analysis was used to assess the association of dempgraphics (gender, age, level of education) and clinical features (indication to the procedure, history of abdominal surgery or irritable bowel syndrome, presence of pain as main symptom, chronic use of sedative medications, level of patient's anxiety (none, mild, moderate or severe), main concern about the examination and reason for willing to attempt unsedated procedure) to the acceptance of unsedated colonoscopy
Time frame: up to 8 months
Acceptance rate of unsedated colonoscopy
Proportion of patients accepting to attempt colonoscopy without routine premedication
Time frame: up to 8 months
ODDS ratios for unsedated colonoscopy completion
Multivariate analysis was used to assess the association of dempgraphics (gender, age, level of education) and clinical features (indication to the procedure, history of abdominal surgery or irritable bowel syndrome, presence of pain as main symptom, chronic use of sedative medications, level of patient's anxiety (none, mild, moderate or severe), main concern about the examination and reason for willing to attempt unsedated procedure) to the completion of unsedated colonoscopy
Time frame: up to 8 months
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