Table 1 Characteristics of patients with colonoscopy request, origin of the request, and type of requesting clinician, depending on participating reference hospital. Results are expressed as mean (standard deviation) and n (%)
From: Appropriateness of colonoscopy requests according to EPAGE-II in the Spanish region of Catalonia
Total (n = 1478) | H1 (n = 245) | H2 (n = 245) | H3 (n = 250) | H4 (n = 250) | H5 (n = 247) | H6 (n = 241) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agea | 59.6 (15.0) | 58.9 (15.7) | 59.7 (14.4) | 59.6 (14.9) | 58.7 (14.8) | 59.2 (15,1) | 61.7 (15,1) |
Women | 740 (50.06 %) | 111 (45.30 %) | 122 (49.79 %) | 126 (50.40 %) | 133 (53.20 %) | 124 (50.20 %) | 124 (51.45 %) |
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SCC and outpatients | 662 (44.79 %) | 124 (50.61 %) | 142 (57.95 %) | 137 (54.80 %) | 68 (27.20 %) | 121 (49,98 %) | 70 (29,04 %) |
PCC | 808 (54.66 %) | 121 (49.38 %) | 102 (41.63 %) | 113 (45.20 %) | 179 (71.60 %) | 122 (49,39 %) | 171 (70.95 %) |
Requesting clinician | |||||||
General practitioner | 790 (53.45 %) | 119 (48.57 %) | 95 (38.36 %) | 113 (45.20 %) | 172 (68.80 %) | 121 (48,98 %) | 170 (70.53 %) |
Gastroenterologist | 426 (28.82 %) | 21 (8.57 %) | 134 (54.69 %) | 91 (36.40 %) | 65 (26.00) | 59 (243,88 %) | 56 (23.23 %) |
Surgeon | 152 (10.28 %) | 48 (19.59 %) | 8 (3.26 %) | 40 (16.00 %) | 3 (1.20 %) | 40 (16,19 %) | 13 (5.18 %) |
Internist | 27(1.82 %) | 16 (6.53 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 3 (1.20 %) | 0 (0,00 %) | 7 (2,83 %) | 1 (0.41 %) |
Other | 51 (3.45 %) | 28 (11.42 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 3 (1.20 %) | 1 (0.40 %) | 19 (7,69 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |