Repeat colonoscopy after a colonoscopy with a negative result in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data suggest the overuse of repeat colonoscopies, especially in patients at low risk for colorectal cancer. Our objective was to evaluate the time to repeat colonoscopies in low-risk patients aged 50-79 years old and the associated patient- and endoscopist-related factors.

Methods

All patients aged 50-79 years of age who underwent a complete outpatient colonoscopy with a negative result between 2000 and 2007 were identified from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan database. A colonoscopy performed within 5.5 years of follow-up after the index colonoscopy was considered an early repeat colonoscopy. Patient, endoscopist and endoscopy setting characteristics were recorded and their association with an early repeat colonoscopy was determined using an extended Cox propor

SUBMITTER: Hol L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565168 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature