Pediatric Patient and Parental Anxiety and Impressions Related to Initial Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Japanese Multicenter Questionnaire Study

Table 3

Results of postendoscopy questionnaire.

(a) What did you find difficult about preparation?

	EGD group (%)	CS group (%)	Parents (%)
I (my child) could not sleep for worrying about endoscopy	11	15	18
Hunger before the procedure	60	63	61
Pain associated with peripheral vascular access or blood test	27	35	25
Diet before the procedure tasted bad		4	3
I found it no trouble (my child did not look so bad)	18	13	13

EGD group (); CS group (); parents ().
N/A.

(b) What did you find difficult after undergoing endoscopy?

	EGD group (%)	CS group (%)	Parents (%)
Awakening during the procedure	2	4	4
Feel terrible during the procedure	6	3
Abdominal pain during the procedure	9	10	—
Throat soreness	39	—	48
Nasal soreness	2	—	—
Flatulence after the procedure	6	10	5
Abdominal pain after the procedure	20	19	12
Dizziness after the procedure	41	29	18
Long time to recover from anesthesia	6	8	13
Hunger after the procedure	44	54	51
Thirst after the procedure	38	40	31
I found it no trouble (my child did not have difficulty undergoing endoscopy)	27	19	22

EGD group (); CS group (); parents ().
N/A.