Table.

Self administered bowel preparation at home versus hospital preparation. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients, unless stated otherwise

Place of bowel preparation	Intubation at least as far as descending colon	Mean (SD) bowel preparation score*	Preparation uncomfortable
Hospital:
Patients randomised to hospital group (n=57)	50 (88)	8.2 (1.7)	21 (37)
Patients who refused home preparation (n=25)	22 (88)	8.4 (2.0)	8 (32)
Home (n=31)	26 (84)	9.2 (1.0)†	2 (6)‡

^*Based on scale of 0 to 10 according to the percentage of mucosa visible (0=no visible mucosa, 10=all of the mucosa was visible). 

^†P<0.01 (Student’s t test). 

^‡P<0.05 (Student’s t test).