Table 3. Quality Outcomes of the Alberta Primary Care Endoscopy Study.
Physician | Colonoscopies Performed | Crude Proportion Successful Cecal Intubations (%) | Adjusted Proportion Successful Cecal Intubations (%) | USMSTF Adjusted Proportion Successful Cecal Intubations (%)a | Average Adenoma Detectionb | Proportion Malesc ≥50years with ≥1 Adenoma (%) | Proportion Femalesd ≥50years with ≥1 Adenoma (%) | Average Procedural Times (min) | Average Withdrawal Timee (min) | Serious Adverse Events (#) |
1 | 54 | 96.3 | 96.3 | 96.3 | 0.46 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 24.4 | 8.4 | 1 |
2 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1.01 | 57.9 | 33.3 | 24.6 | 5.2 | 0 |
3 | 95 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 97.9 | 0.35 | 23.8 | 20.0 | 21.6 | 9.7 | 0 |
4 | 31 | 96.8 | 100 | 96.8 | 0.36 | 27.3 | 0.0f | 20.7 | 4.9 | 0 |
5 | 38 | 89.5 | 94.4 | 91.9 | 0.13 | 25.0 | 0.0g | 19.7 | 4.1 | 0 |
6 | 40 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 0.6 | 57.1 | 37.5 | 26.3 | 5.7 | 0 |
7 | 38 | 94.7 | 94.7 | 94.7 | 0.37 | 50.0 | 30.0 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 0 |
8 | 82 | 87.8 | 90.0 | 88.9 | 0.31 | 30.4 | 14.3 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 2 |
9 | 78 | 97.4 | 97.4 | 97.4 | 1.54 | 66.7 | 57.9 | 27.7 | 9.1 | 0 |
10 | 49 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0.61 | 70.0 | 50.0 | 23.2 | 7.8 | 1 |
Overall Means * | 58 (SD = 22.3) | 95.3 (93.3, 96.9) | 96.5 (94.6, 97.8) | 95.8 (94.1, 97.5) | 0.62 (0.51, 0.74) | 46.4 (38.5, 54.3) | 30.2 (22.3, 38.2) | 23.6 (22.7, 24.5) | 7.0 (6.6, 7.4) | 4 |
USMSTF adjusted proportion of successful cecal intubations excludes incomplete colonoscopies due to poor bowel preparation and severe colitis.
Number of pathologically confirmed adenomas/number of colonoscopies c,d Proportion of malesc or femalesd ≥50 years old, first time colonoscopy with pathologically confirmed adenoma
Average withdrawal time of procedures where no lesions were detected
Only 2 colonoscopies performed on this patient cohort;
Only 3 colonoscopies performed on this patient cohort.
% = percent; min = minutes; # = number, serious adverse events (SAEs) reported as totals.
Overall means reported with 95% confidence intervals except age reported with standard deviations.