TABLE 2.
Patient characteristics
| Overall*, n (%) |
Hospital, % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAH | RAH | MH | GNH | ||
| Completed preprocedure questionnaire | 1187 (100) | 36.3 | 28.2 | 16.7 | 18.8 |
| Sex, male† | 509 (43.1) | 47.6 | 41.4 | 41.8 | 38.2 |
| Age, years (mean ± SD)‡§¶ | 55.7±15.0 | 53.3 | 56.9 | 58.1 | 57.1 |
| History of previous bowel investigation (more than one option can apply) | 853 (73) | 73.4 | 75.2 | 74.0 | 67.9 |
| Colonoscopy | 656 (59.6) | 59.5 | 61.8 | 59.6 | 56.4 |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 190 (25.4) | 24.8 | 31.9 | 20.7 | 21.0 |
| History of abdominal or pelvic surgery‡** | 457 (40.7) | 37.2 | 46.4 | 43.1 | 36.2 |
| Indication for procedure | |||||
| Family history of colorectal cancer†‡¶†† | 263 (22.9) | 19.4 | 29.1 | 13.5 | 28.7 |
| Personal history of colorectal cancer and/or polyps | 152 (13.3) | 11.5 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 15.3 |
| Screening colonoscopyद | 67 (5.8) | 9.1 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Rectal bleeding¶ | 19 (17.0) | 13.3 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 22.2 |
| Abdominal pain†¶†† | 111 (9.7) | 11.3 | 7.6 | 15.0 | 5.1 |
| Inflammatory bowel diseaseद | 185 (16.1) | 22.6 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 9.3 |
| Other†§ | 173 (15.1) | 12.8 | 13.6 | 21.2 | 16.2 |
*
Totals differ due to missing values; P<0.05:
†
RAH versus MH;
‡
UAH versus RAH;
§
UAH versus MH;
¶
UAH versus GNH;
**
RAH versus GNH;
††
MH versus GNH. GNH Grey Nuns Community Hospital; MH Misericordia Hospital; RAH Royal Alexandra Hospital; UAH University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta