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. 2013 Jun 27;8(6):e67017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067017

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
a

USMSTF adjusted proportion of successful cecal intubations excludes incomplete colonoscopies due to poor bowel preparation and severe colitis.

b

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

e

Average withdrawal time of procedures where no lesions were detected

f

Only 2 colonoscopies performed on this patient cohort;

g

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.