A study conducted by researchers in Colorado revealed that women offered a female endoscopist were not more likely to undergo screening colonoscopies than those who were not offered this choice, according to a news release by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
The study goes against the commonly held belief that rates of screening colonoscopy can be increased by offering women the option of a screening colonoscopy by a female endoscopist. The researchers studied approximately 400 female patients at seven University of Colorado Hospital primary care clinics.
Of those patients who received no offer of a female endoscopist, 19.2 percent underwent a colonoscopy, whereas 17.1 percent of patients who received a verbal offer of a female endoscopist underwent a colonoscopy.
Read the ASGE news release about the study on female endoscopists (pdf).
Read other coverage about screening colonoscopies:
- ASC Coding Guidance: Colonoscopy
- Hawaii's Largest Insurer Discouraging Propofol for Colonoscopy
- Study: Nearly 8% of Colorectal Cancers Missed by Colonoscopy
The study goes against the commonly held belief that rates of screening colonoscopy can be increased by offering women the option of a screening colonoscopy by a female endoscopist. The researchers studied approximately 400 female patients at seven University of Colorado Hospital primary care clinics.
Of those patients who received no offer of a female endoscopist, 19.2 percent underwent a colonoscopy, whereas 17.1 percent of patients who received a verbal offer of a female endoscopist underwent a colonoscopy.
Read the ASGE news release about the study on female endoscopists (pdf).
Read other coverage about screening colonoscopies:
- ASC Coding Guidance: Colonoscopy
- Hawaii's Largest Insurer Discouraging Propofol for Colonoscopy
- Study: Nearly 8% of Colorectal Cancers Missed by Colonoscopy