Impact of Real-time Notification of Colonoscopic Optical Diagnosis on Patients' Anxiety and Depression After Polypectomy
Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonic Polyp, Anxiety
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Colorectal Neoplasms focused on measuring colonoscopy, polypectomy, image enhanced endoscopy, endoscopic optical diagnosis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age of ≥ 40 years and < 80 years
- Outpatients who prepare receiving sedated colonoscopy
- Subjects who have signed informed consent form of this study
- Informed consensus has been obtained that endoscopic resection should be performed if a colorectal polyp is found
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status scale among 0 to 2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with any of the following prior history or current conditions:
- (a) Contraindications to colonoscopy
- (b) Major mental illnesses, e.g. major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, generalized anxiety disorder ...
- (c) Inflammatory bowel disease
- (d) Hereditary or non-hereditary polyposis syndrome, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
- (e) Uncured colorectal cancer
- (f) Active gastrointestinal bleeding
- (g) Pregnancy
- Subjects who do not received polypectomy during colonoscopy.
Sites / Locations
- Fu Jen Catholic University HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Ordinary care (OC)
Real-time notification (RTN)
The participants of this arm received the endoscopic optical diagnosis, histological diagnosis of the resected colon polyps and the recommended surveillance colonoscopy schedule at next scheduled clinic visit (around 1 to 2 weeks later).
The participants of this arm received the endoscopic optical diagnosis of the resected colon polyps and the recommended surveillance colonoscopy schedule right after the sedated colonoscopy. Histological diagnosis will be informed at next scheduled clinic visit (around 1 to 2 weeks later).