Nauzer Forbes, Millie Chau, Hannah F Koury, B Cord Lethebe, Zachary L Smith, Sachin Wani, Rajesh N Keswani, B Joseph Elmunzer, John T Anderson, Steven J Heitman, Robert J Hilsden
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 including pain, nausea, distention and either throat or anal pain...
December 29, 2020: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy