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The Impact of Nurse Education on the Quality of Inpatient Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

NCT01911026 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 205

Last updated 2014-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Effective bowel preparation is important for examination of the entire colon adequately and for identifying colonic lesions during colonoscopy. However, it is well known that bowel preparation of inpatients is much poorer than that of outpatients. Our goal is to improve bowel preparations with reinforcement of nurse education that explains the steps required for bowel preparation for inpatients undergoing colonoscopies. The education will focus on explaining the purpose of a screening colonoscopy, the rationale for bowel preparation, the pre-colonoscopy diet, and the instructions for completing the laxative. Patients in the control group will receive the standard written bowel preparation instructions, while patients in the intervention group will receive standard written instructions plus a explanation from reinforcement-educated nurse. The investigators hypothesize that patients received a explanation from reinforcement-educated nurses will lead to improved patient compliance and a better bowel preparation. In addition, the investigators hypothesize that a better quality bowel preparation will improve detection of colonic polyps and patients' satisfaction for colonoscopy.

Conditions

  • Ottawa Scale <6

Interventions

OTHER

Reinforcement Nurse Education

The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus instructions from reinforcement educated nurse

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eun Soo Kim, Professor · Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-01-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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