Post-polypectomy Guideline Adherence: Importance of Belief in Guidelines, Not Guideline Knowledge or Fear of Missed Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adherence to post-polypectomy surveillance guideline recommendations is suboptimal. Surveillance is frequently over- and under-recommend, resulting in strained colonoscopy capacity, potential risks without expected benefits, and missed opportunities for colorectal cancer risk reduction.

Aims

To identify factors associated with adherence to post-polypectomy surveillance guidelines.

Methods

We conducted a three-phase study with a retrospective review of usual care post-polypectomy surveillance recommendations through medical chart abstraction (Phase I), prospective online physician survey (Phase II), and analysis of survey-based and other physician-based predictors of usual care surveillance recommendations (Phase III). Subjects included patients who underwen

SUBMITTER: Patel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248525 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature