Open AccessImproving the Quality of Bowel Preparation: Rewarding Patients for Success or Intensive Patient Education?
Author(s) -
Marguerite Kutyla,
Marcus A. Gray,
Courtney von Hippel,
Luke F. Hourigan,
Bradley J. Kendall,
Amanda Whaley,
S. O'Connor,
Gerald Holtmann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digestive diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.879
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1421-9875
pISSN - 0257-2753
DOI - 10.1159/000510461
Subject(s) - medicine , bowel preparation , randomized controlled trial , psychological intervention , quality (philosophy) , intervention (counseling) , colonoscopy , family medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , colorectal cancer , cancer , philosophy , epistemology
The quality of the bowel preparation is a critical parameter for the outcome of colonoscopies. It is well established that the bowel preparation modality (e.g., split or larger volume preparation) significantly improves the quality of the bowel preparation. Patient compliance is another important factor impacting on the quality of bowel preparations that receives relatively little research attention. We aimed to explore if intensified education or a lottery ticket as reward for good bowel preparation could improve outcomes.