A Study on the Effects of a Health Education Intervention on @entity148 and XXXX During Colonoscopy Procedures.

@entity1 @entity148 @entity158 @entity1049
BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy is currently considered the best screening tool in the diagnosis of @entity1049 . However, this procedure often causes @entity158 and discomfort in @entity1 , thus reducing @entity1 willingness to undergo and comply with this procedure. PURPOSE: This study explores the effects of providing procedure-related information to @entity1 receiving colonoscopy in terms of @entity148 and @entity158 reduction and identifies factors that influence the @entity158 and @entity148 experienced by @entity1 during this procedure. METHODS: This study adopted a quasi-experimental design that targeted colonoscopy @entity1 in outpatient clinics. Two hundred thirteen @entity1 were recruited, with 103 @entity1 in the experimental group and 110 in the control group. @entity1 were recruited between January and April 2011. All of the @entity1 received standard care, and only those @entity1 who were assigned to the experimental group were asked to watch "A Guide to the Colonoscopy Procedure," a multimedia health informatics CD-ROM. RESULTS: @entity148 scores of the experimental group dropped from 48.7    11.6 to 39.2    8.7 after the intervention. The average @entity158 score of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group (3.8    2.5 vs. 5.0    2.7). Furthermore, trait @entity148 , gender, and educational level were identified as the main predictors for @entity148 , and @entity148 was identified as an important predictor for @entity158 during the colonoscopy examination. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This study found that using a multimedia health informatics CD-ROM to provide information on the colonoscopy procedure effectively reduced the examination-related @entity148 and @entity158 of @entity1 .
