Table 2

Patient assessment of endoscopy procedure (gastroscopy or colonoscopy), Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, 2000.


Written and oral information
Oral information
P value

Anxiety at time of procedure:


0.66
     None
68 (24.5)
78 (26.1)

     Very slight
65 (23.4)
71 (23.7)

     Slight
62 (22.3)
64 (21.4)

     Moderate
50 (18.0)
51 (17.1)

     Strong
33 (11.9)
35 (11.7)

How tolerable was procedure:


0.76
     Very easy
59 (21.3)
68 (22.7)

     Quite easy
89 (32.1)
94 (31.4)

     Neither easy nor hard
63 (22.7)
69 (23.1)

     Quite hard
48 (17.3)
48 (16.1)

     Very hard
18 (6.5)
20 (6.7)

Pain during procedure:


0.20
     None
115 (41.4)
125 (41.8)

     Very slight
51 (18.3)
67 (22.4)

     Slight
26 (9.4)
38 (12.7)

     Moderate
58 (20.9)
45 (15.1)

     Strong
28 (10.1)
24 (8.0)

Problems after procedure:


0.22
     None
207 (75.3)
239 (80.2)

     Minor
61 (22.2)
52 (17.4)

     Moderate
6 (2.2)
6 (2.0)

     Severe
1 (0.4)
1 (0.3)

Global assessment


0.82
     Excellent
98 (36.2)
113 (38.2)

     Very good
92 (33.9)
98 (33.1)

     Good
64 (23.6)
62 (20.9)

     Fair
12 (4.4)
18 (6.1)

     Poor
5 (1.8)
5 (1.7)


Felley et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:22   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-22