Research Article

Impact of an Abdominal Compression Bandage on the Completion of Colonoscopy for Obese Adults: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Primary outcomes and secondary outcomes.

Abdominal bandage groupConventional groupp value

BBPS score6.38 ± 0.946.14 ± 0.950.11a
BS score8.51 ± 0.988.48 ± 0.990.71a
Withdraw time (s)421.00 (369.00–548.00)418.00 (370.00–550.00)0.96b
Adverse events, n (%)001c
CIT (s)279.00 (234.50–305.75)421.00 (327.00–485.00)<0.001b
CCR, n (%)116 (96.7%)105 (88.2%)0.01d

Diagnosis, n (%)
 Normal42 (35.0%)51(42.9%)0.65e
 Adenoma57 (47.5%)39 (32.8%)<0.001e
 Advanced adenoma2 (1.7%)2 (1.7%)1e
 Adenocarcinoma1 (0.8%)1 (0.8%)1e
 Polyps9 (7.5%)17 (14.3%)0.32e
 IBD2 (1.7%)1(0.8%)1e
 Others7 (5.8%)8 (6.7%)0.99e

Note. BBPS, Boston Bowel Preparation Scale; BS, Bubble Scale; CIT, cecal insertion time; CCR, complete colonoscopy rate; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; aStudent’s t-test; bMann–Whitney test; cFisher’s exact test; dPearson’s χ2 test; eBonferroni method χ2 test.