Development and validation of a patient-reported scale for tolerability of endoscopic procedures using conscious sedation.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) assessing the tolerability of endoscopic procedures are scarce. In this study, we designed and validated a PREM to assess tolerability of endoscopy using conscious sedation.

Methods

The patient-reported scale for tolerability of endoscopic procedures (PRO-STEP) consists of questions within 2 domains and is administered to outpatients at discharge from the endoscopy unit. Domain 1 (intraprocedural) consists of 2 questions regarding discomfort/pain and awareness, whereas domain 2 (postprocedural) consists of 4 questions on pain, nausea, distention, and either throat or anal pain. All questions are scored on a Likert scale from 0 to 10. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure internal consistency of the questions. Mu

SUBMITTER: Forbes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761529 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature