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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Mar 16;75(5):945–953.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.01.021

Table 3.

Participant Reported Acceptability

Characteristic Median (interquartile range)
Pain during insertion of the endoscope
[0= No pain,10= Severepain]
2 (2)
Pain during the procedure
[0= No pain,10= Sever pain]
2 (2)
Gagging or wretching during insertion of the endoscope
[0= No gagging, 10= Worst gagging]
2 (2)
Gagging or wretching during the procedure
[0= No gagging, 10= Worst gagging]
2 (2)
Choking during insertion of the endoscope
[0= No choking, 10= Worst choking]
1 (1)
Choking during the procedure
[0= No choking, 10= Worst choking]
1 (1)
Anxiety, nervousness or worried during insertion of the endoscope
[0 = No worries, 10= I was terrified]
3 (3)
Anxiety, nervousness or worried during the procedure
[0 = No worries, 10= I was terrified]
2 (3)
Anxiety, nervousness or worried before having the endoscopy
[0 = No worries, 10= I was terrified]
2 (3)
Overall, procedure tolerability
[0 = Well-tolerated, 10= Poorly tolerated]
1 (2)