Meeting Abstracts

Program and Abstracts from the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week 2016

Table 9

Colonoscopy Dictation Report Elements.

2008 ()2014 ()

Age range of charts19–9019–90
Mean patient age5658
Gender composition, %F53.454.6

Presence of dictation item, %
 Age61.573.2<0.001
 Gender97.398.10.298
 Preoperative diagnosis98.799.90.006
 Post-operative diagnosis99.1100.00.015
 Procedure performed99.799.91.000
 Clinical preamble/indications(s) for procedure99.590.4<0.001
 Consent40.599.1<0.001
 Comorbidities14.832.4<0.001
 Endoscope used22.598.4<0.001
 Quality of bowel preparation58.894.1<0.001
 Sedation (type and dose)77.693.9<0.001
 Medications patient is currently taking19.250.7<0.001
 Digital rectal examination66.186.1<0.001
 Extent of examination99.699.90.624
 Complications10.888.0<0.001
 Patient comfort48.921.7<0.001
 Withdrawal time0.891.3<0.001
 Rectal retroflexion34.491.3<0.001
 Findings99.7100.00.500
 Pathology specimens taken90.488.10.156
 Location of sample87.483.90.084
 Recommendations for subsequent care92.196.3<0.001

Overall completeness of report, %
 Mean (SD)64.27 (7.97)85.32 (7.60)<0.001
 Median (IQR)63.64 (59.09, 71.43)86.36 (81.82, 90.91)
 Range(38.10, 86.36)(50.00, 100.00)

Report length, pages
 Mean (SD)1.02 (0.11)1.18 (0.25)<0.001
 Median (IQR)1.00 (1.00, 1.00)1.00 (1.00, 1.25)
 Range(0.50, 2.00)(0.50, 2.00)

Correlation: % completeness versus report length0.190.31

Cecal visualization rate, (%)716/734 (97.5)708/727 (97.4)0.845
Polyp detection rate, (%)296/750 (39.5)366/750 (48.8)<0.001

Items recommended by the CAG/ASGE guidelines that are not included in the SPH template.