Table 2 Patient assessment of endoscopy procedure (gastroscopy or colonoscopy), Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland, 2000.
| Â | Written and oral information | Oral information | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Anxiety at time of procedure: | Â | Â | 0.66 |
   None | 68 (24.5) | 78 (26.1) |  |
   Very slight | 65 (23.4) | 71 (23.7) |  |
   Slight | 62 (22.3) | 64 (21.4) |  |
   Moderate | 50 (18.0) | 51 (17.1) |  |
   Strong | 33 (11.9) | 35 (11.7) |  |
How tolerable was procedure: | Â | Â | 0.76 |
   Very easy | 59 (21.3) | 68 (22.7) |  |
   Quite easy | 89 (32.1) | 94 (31.4) |  |
   Neither easy nor hard | 63 (22.7) | 69 (23.1) |  |
   Quite hard | 48 (17.3) | 48 (16.1) |  |
   Very hard | 18 (6.5) | 20 (6.7) |  |
Pain during procedure: | Â | Â | 0.20 |
   None | 115 (41.4) | 125 (41.8) |  |
   Very slight | 51 (18.3) | 67 (22.4) |  |
   Slight | 26 (9.4) | 38 (12.7) |  |
   Moderate | 58 (20.9) | 45 (15.1) |  |
   Strong | 28 (10.1) | 24 (8.0) |  |
Problems after procedure: | Â | Â | 0.22 |
   None | 207 (75.3) | 239 (80.2) |  |
   Minor | 61 (22.2) | 52 (17.4) |  |
   Moderate | 6 (2.2) | 6 (2.0) |  |
   Severe | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) |  |
Global assessment | Â | Â | 0.82 |
   Excellent | 98 (36.2) | 113 (38.2) |  |
   Very good | 92 (33.9) | 98 (33.1) |  |
   Good | 64 (23.6) | 62 (20.9) |  |
   Fair | 12 (4.4) | 18 (6.1) |  |
   Poor | 5 (1.8) | 5 (1.7) |  |