Impact of Telephone Call on Bowel Preparation Quality in Colonoscopies

Colonoscopy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Telephone Call for Patient Education on Bowel Preparation Quality in Outpatient Colonoscopies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04644939
• Other study ID #: 10112020
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 25, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Makassed General Hospital
• Contact: Walid Nassreddine, MD
• Phone: +9611636000
• Email: walidan[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Bowel preparation regimens typically incorporate dietary modifications along with oral cathartics. Inadequate bowel preparation can result in failed detection of prevalent neoplastic lesions and has been linked to an increased risk of procedural adverse events. Previous studies have suggested that patient compliance is important to ensure proper bowel cleansing. Patient counseling along with written instructions that are simple and easy to follow and in their native language should be provided to patients.

Thus, interventions that improve the quality of bowel preparation could have a great benefit regarding colonoscopy results. Little in the literature that studies the impact of enhanced patient education on bowel preparation quality.

In this study we aim to determine the impact of patient education using telephone call one day prior to outpatient colonoscopy on bowel preparation quality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: August 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of previous inadequate bowel preparation

• History of colorectal surgeries

• Patient who did not sign the consent

• Patients with dementia

• Patients with Swallowing difficulties

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colonoscopy

Intervention

Other:
• Phone calls
Patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy will receive the standard bowel preparation instructions and a telephone call one day before the procedure to re-explain the instructions and the importance of bowel preparation
• Standard bowel preparation
Patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy will receive the standard bowel preparation instructions
• Colonoscopy
Patients will undergo colonoscopy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Lebanon	Makassed General Hospital	Beirut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Makassed General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Lebanon, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Bowel preparation quality	We will use Aronchick Scale as bowel preparation quality scale. This scale characterizes the percentage of the total colonic mucosal surface covered by fluid or stool, and is performed before washing or suctioning. This scale grades the adequacy of cleansing in the following: Excellent: Small volume of clear liquid, or greater than 95% of surface seen; Good: Large volume of clear liquid covering 5-25% of the surface but greater than 90% of surface seen; Fair: Presence of some semi-solid stool that could be suctioned or washed away but greater than 90% of surface seen; Poor: Semi-solid stool that could not be suctioned or washed away and less than 90% of surface seen; Inadequate: Repreparation needed Bowel preparation will be considered as adequate if the score is = 3 and inadequate if the score of bowel preparation is = 4.	Directly after colonoscopy
Secondary	Colonic polyps rate	Detect rate of colonic polyps in both groups	Directly after colonoscopy