Research Article
The Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting in Usual Practice: Are Endoscopists Reporting Key Data Elements?
Table 2
Physician and institution factors associated with good quality CS reporting.
| | Variable | Value | Good quality | Poor quality | Total | value |
| | Completion rate, (%) | <90% | 162 (36.7) | 38 (33.0) | 200 (35.9) | 0.006 | | ≥90% | 280 (63.3) | 77 (67.0) | 357 (64.1) |
| | Open-access CS, (%) | No | 94 (21.3) | 31 (27.0) | 125 (22.4) | NS | | Yes | 348 (78.7) | 84 (73.0) | 432 (77.6) |
| | Polypectomy rate | Mean ± SD | 0.22 ± 0.10 | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.22 ± 0.09 | NS | | Median (IQR) | 0.20 (0.14–0.28) | 0.20 (0.16–0.24) | 0.20 (0.15–0.27) |
| | Annual CS volume | Mean ± SD | 429.17 ± 254.25 | 578.97 ± 372.99 | 460.10 ± 288.93 | <0.001 | | Median (IQR) | 443 (201–557) | 535 (280–752) | 465 (202–588) |
| | Institution type, (%) | Clinic | 51 (11.5) | 25 (21.7) | 76 (13.6) | 0.005 | | Hospital | 391 (88.5) | 90 (78.3) | 491 (88.2) |
| | Physician specialty, (%) | Surgeon | 205 (46.4) | 75 (65.2) | 280 (50.3) | <0.001 | | Internist | 34 (7.7) | 17 (14.8) | 51 (9.2) | | GI | 203 (45.9) | 23 (20.0) | 226 (40.6) |
| | Years in practice | Mean ± SD | 23.10 ± 12.00 | 28.85 ± 11.28 | 24.28 ± 12.07 | <0.001 | | Median (IQR) | 21 (14–30) | 28 (20–39) | 23 (15–31) |
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CS: colonoscopy; GI: gastroenterologist.
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