TABLE 3.
Results from the preprocedure questionnaire
| Overall*, n (%) |
Hospital, % |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAH | RAH | MH | GNH | ||
| Specialist seen as outpatient before colonoscopy†‡§**†† | 634 (54.0) | 40.3 | 54.2 | 53.3 | 80.5 |
| Booked in a timely fashion†‡** | 246 (77.6) | 84.4 | 67.9 | 70.6 | 83.6 |
| Offered a choice of dates or times** | 427 (37.0) | 37.9 | 32.3 | 36.3 | 42.8 |
| Want more choice for dates or times† | 418 (38.8) | 36.1 | 43.5 | 37.4 | 38.5 |
| Information sheet received†‡¶**†† | 1046 (89.3) | 94.8 | 79.5 | 87.8 | 95.0 |
| Explanation of what colonoscopy involved†¶** | 906 (77.8) | 81.5 | 70.4 | 80.4 | 79.4 |
| Explanation of indication of colonoscopy | 982 (84.7) | 85.1 | 84.4 | 82.8 | 86.3 |
| Mentioning complications (any)†‡§¶†† | 729 (65.1) | 75.2 | 62.0 | 49.7 | 63.7 |
| Perforation†‡§†† | 660 (59.0) | 70.1 | 53.0 | 46.4 | 57.1 |
| Bleeding†‡§¶†† | 652 (60.3) | 71.6 | 56.0 | 44.8 | 58.4 |
| Missing cancer†‡§†† | 478 (44.9) | 57.7 | 37.4 | 32.0 | 42.8 |
| Risk of sedation†‡§ | 555 (53.5) | 65.0 | 49.5 | 41.0 | 49.2 |
*
Totals differ due to missing values; P<0.05:
†
UAH versus RAH;
‡
UAH versus MH;
§
UAH versus GNH;
¶
RAH versus MH;
**
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