DACS patients had a median waiting time of 49 days, significantly shorter than NS patients whose median wait was 79 days (pDACS reduces waiting times to colonoscopy, and is associated with an increased proportion of patients undergoing colonoscopy in a timely manner. This article is protected by...
BACKGROUND: Direct access colonoscopy (DAC) allows general practitioners to refer directly for colonoscopy, without specialist review. Research suggests DAC reduces times to diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. However, there is no information about outcomes of DAC in Australia. AIMS: To deter...
6 weeks post-intervention (p=0.07). CONCLUSION: There was no statistically significant improvement in time to colorectal cancer diagnosis or treatment among patients referred via DAC compared to standard referrals. There was a trend towards improved waiting times for standard referrals concurrent with ...
In Poland, colonoscopy as screening, and as diagnostic procedure is financed by public healthcare system, but long waiting times may force patients to look for private service provision. Only less than 2% of queries concerned laxative preparation before the colonoscopy which suggests that this aspect...
(0.9) Telephone Not at all Slight Some Rather Extremely 50 0 Embarrasment Pain Burdensome Entire screening procedure Figure 3 Perceived embarrasement, pain and burden of the entire screening procedure (including bowel preparation colonoscopy itself, waiting for the test results, and abdominal ...