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Impact of a Self-Administered Information Leaflet on Adequacy of Colonic Cleansing for in-Hospital Patients

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University Hospitals (UH)

Status and phase

Unknown
Phase 3

Conditions

Colonoscopy

Treatments

Procedure: Self-administered leaflet

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The quality of colon cleansing has a major impact on efficiency and cost of colonoscopy. A hand-out was made to instruct and motivate patients to adequately clean the bowel before colonoscopy.

The aim of the study is to compare adequacy of bowel cleansing in hospitalized patients receiving the hand-out or not on the day before colonoscopy.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Total colonoscopy scheduled during hospital stay in the Hôpital Universitaire de Genève (excluding dependencies);
  • Informed consent for inclusion in the study signed by the patient;
  • Ability to read and write at least one of the following languages : French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.

Exclusion criteria

  • Colonoscopy scheduled under general anesthesia;
  • Occupation inside the healthcare professions;
  • Previous colonoscopy, colostomy or colectomy;
  • Megacolon or idiopathic pseudo-obstruction.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

Trial contacts and locations

1

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Central trial contact

Jean-Marc Dumonceau, MD,PhD; Jean-Marc Dumonceau

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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