Effect of Bronchoscopist-Directed Sedation and Other Factors on Patient Comfort during Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy

Table 2

Postflexible bronchoscopy outcome measures.

Outcome measures	Sedation (n = 187)	Nonsedation (n = 187)	-value
Postprocedural discomfort score (VAS score) (median (Q1, Q3)	20 (15,30)	25 (20,40)	<0.001
Patient-reported willingness for a repeat procedure, if required in the future
Absolutely no	15 (8)	37 (19.8)	0.002^#
Probably no	33 (17.6)	43 (23)
I do not know	84 (44.9)	71 (38)
Probably yes	52 (27.8)	31 (16.6)
Absolutely yes	3 (1.6)	5 (2.7)

^#Chi-square test. Mann–Whitney U test.