Table 1 Baseline of patient characteristics
From: Difficult colonoscopy score identifies the difficult patients undergoing unsedated colonoscopy
Clinical features | Patients (n = 612) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 50.4 ± 14.0 |
Gender | Â |
  Male | 315 (51.5%) |
  Female | 297 (48.5%) |
BMI(kg/m2) | 22.7 ± 3.7 |
Grade of education | Â |
  Elementary or below | 112 (18.3%) |
  High school or above | 500 (81.7%) |
Marriage status | Â |
  Single | 34 (5.6%) |
  Married | 578 (94.4%) |
Smoking | 126 (20.6%) |
Drinking | 136 (22.2%) |
Patients type | Â |
  Outpatient | 486 (79.4%) |
  Inpatient | 118 (19.3%) |
  Emergency | 8 (1.3%) |
Previous surgery(abdominal and/or pelvic) | 162 (26.5%) |
Diverticulosis | 10 (1.6%) |
HAD | 2.6 ± 4.4 |
VAS | 1.5 ± 1.4 |
Symptoms | Â |
  Constipation | 99 (16.2%) |
  Abdominal pain | 175 (28.6%) |
  Diarrhea | 98 (16.0%) |
  Others | 172 (28.2%) |
Sleep quality | Â |
  Excellent or good | 534 (87.3%) |
  Fair or bad | 78 (12.7%) |
Indication for colonoscopy | Â |
  Screening or surveillance | 137(22.4%) |
  Diagnosis | 475(77.6%) |
Interval time from appointment to colonoscopy (days) | 8.5 ± 6.9 |
Purgative type | Â |
  PEG-ELP | 550(89.9%) |
  SP | 62(10.1%) |