Improving Bowel Preparation With an Educational Video

Boston Medical Center (BMC)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Bowel Preparation

Treatments: Other: Educational video; Other: Written instructions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01099553

H-29152

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators goal is to improve bowel preparations with an educational video on the Center for Digestive Disorders (CDD) website that explains the steps required for bowel preparation for those patients undergoing screening colonoscopies. The video 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. In a randomized fashion, 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 link to watch the instructional video. The investigators hypothesize that an educational tool that provides visual examples of a good and poor preparation, examples of the pre-colonoscopy diet, and an explanation of how to administer the laxative 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 fewer recommendations for repeat colonoscopy based solely on inadequate bowel preparation.

Enrollment: 2,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all outpatients
• age >18
• referred and scheduled for an elective screening colonoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• inpatients
• prisoners
• patients allergic to PEG-ELS based laxatives

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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2,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard preparation instructions

Other group

Description:

The control arm will receive written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy per standard of care at Boston Medical Center

Treatment:

Other: Written instructions

Interventional

Experimental group

Description:

The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus instructions asking them to watch an educational video on the Center for Digestive Disorders website

Treatment:

Other: Educational video