Effectiveness of Nurse Tele-consultation on the Quality of Elective Colonoscopy, Procedure-related Anxiety, and Financial Toxicity
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nurse Tele-consultation on the Quality of Elective Colonoscopy, Procedure-related Anxiety, and Financial Toxicity
National Cancer Institute, Naples
534 participants
Jun 24, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a multicenter, non-pharmacological, experimental, prospective, randomized study, with two arms (1:1) in a single-blind design. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a tele-consultation procedure in patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in terms of quality of the exam, anxiety procedure-related and financial toxicity.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Subjects eligible for outpatient pancolonoscopy:
- for diagnostic purposes;
- for screening purposes;
- for post-polypectomy follow-up;
- of both genders;
- of all ethnicities;
Exclusion Criteria10
- Patients under 18 years of age or over 80 years of age;
- Patients on waiting lists with SHORT priority: the procedure to be provided within a short time (no more than 10 days);
- Patients included in GOM pathways who undergo colonoscopy within 10 days;
- Pregnancy;
- Presence of known contraindications to bowel preparation;
- Presence of known contraindications to performing pancolonoscopy;
- Patients who have undergone colonic resection and/or have a colostomy/ileostomy;
- Patients with cognitive impairments;
- Patients declared legally incompetent or unable to understand and make decisions;
- Patients unable to provide informed consent.
Interventions
Tele-consultation procedure is defined as a telephone consultation with the patient conducted by nursing staff with an appropriate level of experience in digestive endoscopy
Locations(1)
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NCT06887244