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Patient assessment of endoscopy procedure (gastroscopy or colonoscopy), Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, 2000. |
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| Written and oral information |
Oral information |
P value |
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| Anxiety at time of procedure: |
0.66 |
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| None |
68 (24.5) |
78 (26.1) |
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| Very slight |
65 (23.4) |
71 (23.7) |
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| Slight |
62 (22.3) |
64 (21.4) |
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| Moderate |
50 (18.0) |
51 (17.1) |
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| Strong |
33 (11.9) |
35 (11.7) |
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| How tolerable was procedure: |
0.76 |
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| Very easy |
59 (21.3) |
68 (22.7) |
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| Quite easy |
89 (32.1) |
94 (31.4) |
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| Neither easy nor hard |
63 (22.7) |
69 (23.1) |
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| Quite hard |
48 (17.3) |
48 (16.1) |
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| Very hard |
18 (6.5) |
20 (6.7) |
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| Pain during procedure: |
0.20 |
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| None |
115 (41.4) |
125 (41.8) |
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| Very slight |
51 (18.3) |
67 (22.4) |
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| Slight |
26 (9.4) |
38 (12.7) |
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| Moderate |
58 (20.9) |
45 (15.1) |
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| Strong |
28 (10.1) |
24 (8.0) |
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| Problems after procedure: |
0.22 |
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| None |
207 (75.3) |
239 (80.2) |
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| Minor |
61 (22.2) |
52 (17.4) |
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| Moderate |
6 (2.2) |
6 (2.0) |
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| Severe |
1 (0.4) |
1 (0.3) |
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| Global assessment |
0.82 |
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| Excellent |
98 (36.2) |
113 (38.2) |
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| Very good |
92 (33.9) |
98 (33.1) |
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| Good |
64 (23.6) |
62 (20.9) |
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| Fair |
12 (4.4) |
18 (6.1) |
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| Poor |
5 (1.8) |
5 (1.7) |
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Felley et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:22 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-22 |
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