Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-14-2018
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Colonoscopy is widely preferred for CRC screening and is the most commonly used method in the United States. Adequate bowel preparation is essential for successful colonoscopy CRC screening. However, up to one-quarter of colonoscopies are associated with inadequate bowel preparation, which may result in reduced polyp and adenoma detection rates, unsuccessful screens, and an increased likelihood of repeat procedure. In addition, standardized criteria and assessment scales for bowel preparation quality are lacking. While several bowel preparation quality scales are referred to in the literature, these differ greatly in grading methodology and categorization criteria. Published reliability and validity data are available for five bowel preparation quality assessment scales, which vary in several key attributes. However, clinicians and researchers continue to use a variety of bowel preparation quality measures, including nonvalidated scales, leading to potential confusion and difficulty when comparing quality results among clinicians and across clinical trials. Optimal clinical criteria for bowel preparation quality remain controversial. The use of validated bowel preparation quality scales with stringent but simple scoring criteria would help clarify clinical trial data as well as the performance of colonoscopy in clinical practice related to quality measurements.
Recommended Citation
Kastenberg, David; Bertiger, Gerald; and Brogadir, Stuart, "Bowel preparation quality scales for colonoscopy." (2018). Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers. Paper 50.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gastro_hepfp/50
Creative Commons License
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PubMed ID
30018478
Language
English
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in World Journal of Gastroenterology, Volume 24, Issue 26, July 2018, Pages 2833-2843.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2833. Copyright © Kastenberg et al.