Appointment waiting times and education level influence the quality of bowel preparation in adult patients undergoing colonoscopy

Table 3 Cecal intubation time, total colonoscopy time and amount of flushing required

	Quality of bowel preparation		p value
	Satisfactory	Poor
Senior endoscopist
Cecal intubation time, min	11.12 ± 7.80	17.16 ± 9.41	< 0.001
Total colonoscopy time, min	18.78 ± 12.01	26.67 ± 12.05	< 0.001
Amount of flushing required, ml	84.05 ± 103.59	251.92 ± 121.66	< 0.001
Trainee endoscopist
Cecal intubation time, min	22.35 ± 9.25	30.21 ± 11.78	< 0.001
Total colonoscopy time, min	33.75 ± 10.91	42.88 ± 15.48	< 0.001
Amount of flushing required, ml	137.13 ± 108.88	249.49 ± 131.23	< 0.001

Cecal intubation time, total colonoscopy time and amount of flushing required were inversely related to quality of bowel preparation regardless of the seniority of the endoscopist.

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