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Trial reportMedicine2020

Ward nurses-focused educational intervention improves the quality of bowel preparation in inpatients undergoing colonoscopy: A CONSORT-compliant randomized controlled trial.

Aihong Liu, Shuhong Yan, Huashe Wang, Yijia Lin, Junkui Wu, Liping Fu, Qining Wu, Yi Lu, Yanan Liu, Honglei Chen

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Trial report in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aihong LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Shuhong YanDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Huashe WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Yijia LinDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Junkui WuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Liping FuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Qining WuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Yi LuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Yanan LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
Honglei ChenGastrointestinal Endoscopy Center, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdequate bowel preparation is essential for the detection of pathological lesions during colonoscopy. However, it has been found to be inadequate in approximately 20% to 30% of colonoscopy examinations. Educational interventions focused on health staff, such as physicians and nurses, may improve the patients' understanding of the bowel preparation instructions, and consequently, increase the quality of bowel preparation.

objectivesTo investigate whether enhanced education of ward nurses could improve the bowel preparation quality in inpatients undergoing colonoscopy.

designThis was a single-center randomized controlled study.

methodsA total of 190 consecutive inpatients scheduled to undergo colonoscopy from March 2019 to March 2020 were randomized to the educated (nurses with enhanced education) or control group (nurses without enhanced education). We assessed the bowel preparation quality using the Boston bowel preparation scale.

resultsThere were 89 patients in the educated group and 101 patients in the control group. The proportion of colonoscopies with adequate bowel preparation was 83.1% in the educated group and 69.3% in the control group. Patients' compliance with bowel preparation in the educated group was superior to that in the control group. Furthermore, significantly better sleep quality was found in the educated group. The multivariate logistic regression analysis identified the ward nurses-focused enhanced educational intervention as a risk factor for bowel preparation quality.

conclusionsThe ward nurses-focused educational intervention improved the bowel preparation quality and reduced the adverse event rates in inpatients undergoing colonoscopy.

trial registrationThis study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry under number ChiCTR2000030366.

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AgedCatharticsColonoscopyDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNursing Staff, HospitalPatient CompliancePreoperative PeriodCathartics

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