Table II.

Quality of bowel preparation and caecum visualisation score characteristics

Characteristic	Value	95% CI
Overall bowel prep quality:	N = 355
Poor	14.08% (50/355)	10.64–18.14
Fair	29.86% (16/355)	25.14–34.91
Good	45.35% (161/355)	40.09–50.69
Excellent	10.70% (38/355)	7.69–14.40
Initial caecum intubation position:
Left lateral	66.76% (237/355)	61.59–71.64
Supine	28.45% (101/355)	23.81–33.45
Right lateral	4.79% (17/355)	2.81–7.56
Caecum Visualisation Score (at initial intubation position):
Poor	4.79% (17/355)	2.81–7.56
Fair	6.76% (24/355)	4.38–9.89
Good	21.97% (78/355)	17.77–26.64
Excellent	66.48% (236/355)	61.31–71.37
Caecum visualisation score (at initial intubation position LL):	N = 237
Poor	5.91% (14/237)	2.17–6.53
Fair	6.33% (15/237)	2.38–6.87
Good	23.63% (56/237)	12.14–19.99
Excellent	64.14% (152/237)	37.61–48.15
Caecum visualisation score (at initial intubation position S):	N = 101
Poor	2.97% (3/101)	0.17–2.45
Fair	7.92% (8/101)	0.98–4.39
Good	19.80% (20/101)	3.47–8.57
Excellent	69.31% (70/101)	15.71–24.24
Caecum visualisation score (at initial intubation position RL):	N = 17
Poor	0% (0/17)	0.00–0.84
Fair	5.88% (1/17)	0.01–1.56
Good	11.76% (2/17)	0.07–2.02
Excellent	82.35% (14/17)	2.17–6.53