Video Education to Improve First Time Colonoscopy Outcomes

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Colonoscopy Education

Treatments: Behavioral: video; Behavioral: education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06981650

MED2024-555

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators compare video education plus standard education versus standard education for bowel preparation before a colonoscopy. The primary outcome will be the quality of bowel preparation.

Full description

The investigators compare video education plus standard education versus standard education for bowel preparation before a colonoscopy and include a number of languages including English, Spanish, Russian, Haitian Creole, and Urdu. The educational content also includes psychological content based upon the Theory of Planned Behavior. The primary outcome will be the quality of bowel preparation, as measured by the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) score,

Enrollment: 362 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: all outpatients aged 18 to 75 years scheduled for their first screening colonoscopy

Exclusion Criteria: ● Contraindications for colonoscopy

• History of bowel surgery, particularly colorectal surgery
• Severe comorbid conditions (e.g., impaired hepatic, renal or bone marrow function, congestive heart failure, recent coronary artery disease)
• Chronic constipation (typically <3 bowel movements per week with hard stools, a feeling of incomplete evacuation, or abdominal discomfort) requiring the use of laxatives
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Prisoners
• Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
• Inability to use video presentation devices (e.g., blindness)
• Active cancers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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362 participants in 2 patient groups

education

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard education

Treatment:

Behavioral: education

education plus video education

Experimental group

Description:

standard education plus an additional approach

Treatment:

Behavioral: education

Behavioral: video