Open AccessDoes anxiety or waiting time influence patients′ tolerance of upper endoscopy?
Author(s) -
Stefano Pontone,
Maya Tonda,
Manuela Brighi,
Matteo Florio,
Daniele Pironi,
P Pontone
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.153839
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , endoscopy , body mass index , physical therapy , surgery , psychiatry
Endoscopy is an essential and very commonly used procedure for the evaluation of a multitude of gastrointestinal symptoms. Although it is increasingly required, patients often wait on arrival at the endoscopy unit until they are called for the procedure. It is not clear whether or not this waiting time may have an impact on patient's tolerance during upper endoscopy. Our study attempts to address this.