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Table 2 Patient satisfaction

From: Evaluating lubiprostone for effective bowel preparation before colonoscopy

Parameters

Control (n=50)

Intervention (n=50)

p-value

What concerns you most before colonoscopy

Purgative

10

36

< 0.0001

Sedation

35

19

0.001

Colonoscopy

33

40

0.1

I experienced the taste as

Neutral

0

25

< 0.0001

Worse than expected

50

24

Better than expected

0

1

Maximum volume of liquid you would be able to consume

0.5 L

9

6

0.7

1 L

27

27

2 L

14

16

3 L

0

1

Maximum volume (L) median (IQR)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

0.3

What would discourage you most

Bad taste

47

48

0.6

Bad smell

0

2

0.1

Too large liquid volume

31

8

< 0.0001

Diarrhea

7

19

0.006

How easy or difficult was it to consume the study drugs

Very difficult

11

0

< 0.0001

Difficult

29

6

Tolerable

9

33

Easy

1

11

If I had the choice, I would for next colonoscopy

Use a different purgative

50

13

< 0.0001

Use this purgative

0

36

The overall experience of the preparation

Poor

26

12

< 0.0001

Bad

12

0

Fair

11

15

Good

1

23