Automated Telephone Reminder for Colonoscopy

Queen's University234 enrolled

Overview

This is a quality improvement study to determine the impact of an automated telephone reminder on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.

Randomized trial of automated reminders with bowel prep instructions and encouraging clear fluid ingestion. The phone calls will occur 48-96 hours prior to the scheduled colonoscopy. All patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy and prescribed sodium picosulfate plus magnesium citrate will be eligible for enrollment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

234

Conditions

Polyps

Interventions

Phone callOTHER

Automated phone call reminder

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients * Scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy at a later date * Prescribed evening-before or split-dose low volume preparation regimens Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to receive automated telephone reminder * No access to telephone * Urgent/emergent indication for colonoscopy * Prescribed a bowel prep other than Pico-Salax/Purgodan * Receiving upper and lower combined procedure

Locations (1)

Hotel Dieu Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Ottawa preparation scale score

measures the cleanliness of each part of the colon and the overall fluid volume as assessed by the endoscopist

Time frame: Immediately after procedure

Secondary Outcomes

Number of glasses of fluid consumed pre-colonoscopy

Time frame: 24 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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