Online tool to prepare patient for colonoscopy; development and implementation of a patient-education app
Veldhuijzen, G.; Klemt-Kropp, M.; van Esch, A.A.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 162: D1712
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 29350118 Document Number: 696794
Optimal patient education prior to colonoscopy is essential for an optimal outcome of the procedure. Patients benefit from adequate information regarding laxatives, risks and alternatives, and must provide informed consent. The endoscopist also has to have access to patient data in advance of the procedure in order to carry out an adequate risk assessment for the use of sedation. Most centres in the Netherlands usually make use of a pre-endoscopy consultation to exchange this information, but here is now pressure on this practice because the number of colonoscopies is increasing rapidly as a result of the introduction of the national screening programme for colorectal cancer.