A Comparison of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy Between Digestive Physicians and Non-digestive Physicians

A Comparison of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy Between Digestive Physicians and Non-digestive Physicians

The diagnostic accuracy of colonoscopy depends on the quality of bowel preparation, which is a critical element associated with the diagnostic yield, difficulty, time required, and the completeness of colonoscopy. The non-digestive physicians seemed to have a lower quality of bowel preparation compare to the digestive physicians. Therefore, investigators planned to evaluate the risk factors for suboptimal intestinal preparation in outpatients from the perspective of digestive doctors and non-digestive.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All outpatients who have already completed the colonoscopy during December 2019 and October 2020.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with incomplete critical information, primary outcome, and baseline characteristics missing as well as examinations in hospitalized patients were excluded.