S3118 Patient Language Does Not Affect Access to Colonoscopy but Did Reduce Quality of Prep at an Academic Medical Center

Abstract:

METHODS: We performed a single center review of all colonoscopy case requests (n= 1266) from an academic primary care clinic from March 2018 to February 2020. We categorized patients as English (n= 1062) or non-English speaking (n= 204) and then evaluated whether patients were scheduled for procedure, the time from request to scheduled case, whether the case was completed, and the quality of prep. The quality of the prep was categorized as adequate or inadequate from the endoscopy report. Cases that were not scheduled were grouped into reasons for why they were not scheduled. Statistical comparisons were performed using Chi-square test between the two groups. RESULTS: There were 1266 case requests and 711 were scheduled (56%). For English speakers there were 589 scheduled cases (589/1062, 55%) and 465 completed (465/589, 79%). For non-English speakers there were 122 …

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2020

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