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01-03-2021 | Colonoscopy | Original Research
Factors to Improve Endoscopic Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 1/2021
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Introduction
Colorectal cancer is one of the most sprayed cancers; the gold standard of diagnostic is a colonoscopy. The quality of this examination is depended on many factors, which includes doctors’ experience.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to establish the main factors affecting the completeness of colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening.
Materials and methods
Endoscopists were questioned; descriptive statistics methods and logistic regression were used.
Results and discussion
The main factors that influence the quality of screening colonoscopy were identified: experience in colonoscopy, theoretical training, participation in the screening program, and number of annual colonoscopies. The calculated odds ratio for the selected dependent variable is calculated.
Conclusions
The experience for more than 5 years (p = 0.017) and at least 200 colonoscopies per year (p = 0.004) are the main factors that allow to perform complete colonoscopy in 90% or more of cases.