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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endoscopy 2020; 52(11): 1026-1035
DOI: 10.1055/a-1178-9844
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Educational nurse-led telephone intervention shortly before colonoscopy as a salvage strategy after previous bowel preparation failure: a multicenter randomized trial

Marco Antonio Alvarez-Gonzalez
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
 2   Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
 3   IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
,
Miguel Ángel Pantaleón Sánchez
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
 2   Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
,
Belén Bernad Cabredo
 4   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
,
Ana García-Rodríguez
 5   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital de Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain
,
Santiago Frago Larramona
 6   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Santa Bárbara, Soria, Spain
,
Oscar Nogales
 7   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
,
Pilar Díez Redondo
 8   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
,
Ignasi Puig del Castillo
 9   Department of Digestive Diseases, Altahia Xarxa Asistencial Universitaria de Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
,
Cristina Romero Mascarell
10   Department of Digestive Diseases, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
,
Noemí Caballero
11   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
,
Iván Romero Sánchez-Miguel
12   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
,
Rocío Pérez Berbegal
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
,
Domingo Hernández Negrín
13   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
,
Gema Bujedo Sadornill
 4   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
,
Alicia Pérez Oltra
 5   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital de Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain
,
Gemma Casals Urquiza
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
,
Jaume Amorós Martínez
14   Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
,
Agustín Seoane Urgorri
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
 3   IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
,
Inés Ana Ibáñez Zafón
 1   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
,
Antonio Z. Gimeno-García
13   Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
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Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Registration number (trial ID): NCT03055689 Type of study: prospective, randomized, multi-center study


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Abstract

Background The most important predictor of unsuccessful bowel preparation is previous failure. For those patients with previous failure, we hypothesized that a nurse-led educational intervention by telephone shortly before the colonoscopy appointment could improve cleansing efficacy.

Methods We performed a multicenter, endoscopist-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Consecutive outpatients with previous inadequate bowel preparation were enrolled. Both groups received the same standard bowel preparation protocol. The intervention group also received reinforced education by telephone within 48 hours before the colonoscopy. The primary outcome was effective bowel preparation according to the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale. Intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis included all randomized patients. Per-protocol analysis included patients who could be contacted by telephone and the control cases.

Results 657 participants were recruited by 11 Spanish hospitals. In the ITT analysis, there was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in the rate of successful bowel preparation (77.3 % vs. 72 %; P = 0.12). In the intervention group, 267 patients (82.9 %) were contacted by telephone. Per-protocol analysis revealed significantly improved bowel preparation in the intervention group (83.5 % vs. 72.0 %; P = 0.001).

Conclusion Among all patients with previous inadequate bowel preparation, nurse-led telephone education did not result in a significant improvement in bowel cleansing. However, in the 83 % of patients who could be contacted, bowel preparation was substantially improved. Phone education may therefore be a useful tool for improving the quality of bowel preparation in those cases.

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Eingereicht: 24. Dezember 2019

Angenommen: 22. April 2020

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17. Juni 2020

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