A RetroSearch Logo

Home - News ( United States | United Kingdom | Italy | Germany ) - Football scores

Search Query:

Showing content from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37794293/ below:

Patient Decisions Regarding Rescheduling Colonoscopies Postponed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

. 2023 Dec;68(12):4339-4349. doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08119-5. Epub 2023 Oct 4. Patient Decisions Regarding Rescheduling Colonoscopies Postponed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

Affiliations

Item in Clipboard

Patient Decisions Regarding Rescheduling Colonoscopies Postponed Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marguerite O Linz et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;68(12):4339-4349. doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08119-5. Epub 2023 Oct 4. Affiliations

Item in Clipboard

Abstract

Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elective colonoscopies were postponed in Ohio from 3/17/2020 to 5/1/2020. When the ban was lifted, canceled patients determined whether to reschedule their colonoscopy in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.

Aims: We aim to determine whether demographic, colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality risk factors are associated with rescheduling of colonoscopies canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A medical record review of 420 participants ages 40-74 at a midwestern academic health system with elective colonoscopies canceled from 3/17/2020 to 5/1/2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic was performed.

Results: More than half of participants (71.0%) rescheduled their colonoscopy within the next 8 months. Indication for colonoscopy being 'surveillance following adenoma', colonoscopy ordered by primary care provider rather than gastroenterologist, and dyslipidemia were independently associated with rescheduling colonoscopy. Higher body mass index, indication for colonoscopy being simply 'screening for CRC,' and stool testing were associated with not rescheduling. Diagnoses associated with colorectal cancer risk such as adenomas, personal or family history of colorectal cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease were not associated with rescheduling, nor were other comorbidities associated with increased COVID-19 severity. 4.5% (19/420) opted for stool fecal immunochemical test or Cologuard testing.

Conclusions: Most patients rescheduled their colonoscopy despite the risk of virus exposure, suggesting that concern of missed colorectal cancer diagnosis outweighed coronavirus concerns. Patient trust in referring providers may be important for rescheduling, and colonoscopy indications were independently associated with rescheduling status.

Keywords: COVID-19; Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Coronavirus; Mass screening.

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles Cited by References
    1. Chen RC, Haynes K, Du S, Barron J, Katz AJ. Association of cancer screening deficit in the United States with the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Oncol. 2021;7:878–884. - DOI - PubMed - PMC
    1. Valentine KD, Leavitt L, Atlas SJ, Chen E, Ha J, Percac-Lima S, Fairfield KM, Korsen N, Han PKJ, Richter JM, Simmons L, Sepucha KR. Cross-sectional survey examining patient attitudes and preferences for rescheduling screening colonoscopies canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MDM Policy Pract. 2022;12;7:23814683221141377.
    1. White IR, Royston P, Wood AM. Multiple imputation using chained equations: Issues and guidance for practice. Stat Med. 2011;30:377–399. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Sinharay S, Stern HS, Russell D. The use of multiple imputation for the analysis of missing data. Psychol Methods. 2001;6:317. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Zhang Z. Multiple imputation with multivariate imputation by chained equation (MICE) package. Ann Transl Med. 2016;4:30. - PubMed - PMC

RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue

Search and Browse the WWW like it's 1997 | Search results from DuckDuckGo

HTML: 3.2 | Encoding: UTF-8 | Version: 0.7.3