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NCT Number: NCT01911052

The Impact of Telephone and Short Message System Based Education on Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

Inadequate bowel preparation results in decreased rates of cecal intubation, increased rates of missing important lesions, increased patient discomfort, higher risk of complications, prolonged procedure time and increased health-care cost. Recent study reported that Telephone-based re-education (TRE) on the day before colonoscopy significantly improved the quality of bowel preparation and polyp detection rate. However, there is no study to compare the effect of telephone with short message system (SMS) based re-education on the quality of bowel preparation in health screened population. Our goal is to improve the quality of bowel preparation with telephone or SMS based re-education for outpatients undergoing screening colonoscopies. The investigators hypothesise that efforts to improve education and maximise patient compliance during the preparatory period will enhance the efficacy of bowel preparation.

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Key information

Conditions

Bowel Preparation

Age range

19 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Eun Soo Kim

Daegu, 700-712, South Korea

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All health screened populations
  • age >18
  • scheduled for an elective screening colonoscopy

Exclusion criteria

  • inpatients
  • pregnancy
  • breast feeding
  • prior history of surgical large bowel resection
  • patients allergic to PEG-ELS based laxatives

Treatment and study plan

Telephone based re-education

Other

The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus intervention such as telephone based re-education by one investigator on the day before colonoscopy.

Short message system based re-education

Other

The investigational, or experimental arm, will receive standard written instructions on preparing for a colonoscopy plus intervention such as short message system based re-education by one investigator on the day before colonoscopy.

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of bowel preparation

    Time frame: day 1

    The primary outcomes will be the endoscopist's assessment of the quality of preparation using Boston and Ottawa bowel preparation scare

Secondary outcomes

  1. polyp detection rate

    Time frame: day 1

    The number of polyp prescribed by endoscopist.

Other outcomes

  1. Patient compliance

    Time frame: baseline

    Patient compliance with preparation instructions self-reported in a pre-procedure questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Telephone and Short Message System Based Education on Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy in Health Screened Population

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jul 30, 2013
Registry last updated
Jul 17, 2014

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