NCT02484105

Comforting Conversation During Colonoscopy: A Trial on Patient Satisfaction

Comforting Conversation During Colonoscopy: A Randomised Controlled Trial on Patient Satisfaction

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jeppe Thue Jensen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Does comforting conversation during colonoscopy improve on patient satisfaction, compliance and pain management.

Detailed description

Does comforting conversation during colonoscopy improve on patient satisfaction, compliance and pain management. A randomized controlled trial on comforting conversation or standard communication during colonoscopy. Using a mixed methods model, a qualitative study will be conducted to clarify what patients deem as important or effective conversation during colonoscopy. A randomized controlled trial will hereafter be conducted, where the results from the initial study will be utilized in the conversation during colonoscopy.

Conditions

• Colonoscopy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Comforting Conversation	Pain management, distraction, diversion, empathy. Dependent on qualitative study results.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard Communication	Information on procedure type, duration, findings, key landmarks, possibility of analgesic treatment, pause in procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-06-29
• Last updated: 2015-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark