NCT06887244

Effectiveness of Nurse Tele-consultation on the Quality of Elective Colonoscopy, Procedure-related Anxiety, and Financial Toxicity

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nurse Tele-consultation on the Quality of Elective Colonoscopy, Procedure-related Anxiety, and Financial Toxicity

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 534 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Cancer Institute, Naples · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a multicenter, non-pharmacological, experimental, prospective, randomized study, with two arms (1:1) in a single-blind design. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a tele-consultation procedure in patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in terms of quality of the exam, anxiety procedure-related and financial toxicity.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness, in daily clinical practice, of a tele-consultation procedure (defined as a telephone consultation with the patient conducted by nursing staff with an appropriate level of experience in digestive endoscopy) with the goal of: 1. improving adherence to methods and timing for the correct intake of the intestinal preparation by patients undergoing elective colonoscopy; 2. assessing whether the tele-consultation can reduce anxiety and procedure-related stress, promoting a better emotional state in patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Conditions

• Patient Satisfaction and Efficacy of Bowel-preparation
• Colon Cancer Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tele-consultation	Tele-consultation procedure is defined as a telephone consultation with the patient conducted by nursing staff with an appropriate level of experience in digestive endoscopy

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-24
• Primary completion: 2025-05-31
• Completion: 2026-05-31
• First posted: 2025-03-20
• Last updated: 2025-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy