Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 458-461
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.458
Table 1 Patient interest in owning a DVD of their colonoscopy
InterestedNot InterestedP
Age in years, mean (SD)57.8 (12.8)58.7 (12.8)0.66
GenderF90 (85)116 (15)10.21
M110 (79)130 (21)1
Own DVD playerY193 (81)144 (19)10.78
N7 (78)12 (22)1
Prior ColonoscopyY151 (83)131 (17)10.28
N50 (77)115 (23)1
History of PolypsY100 (82)122 (18)10.81
N101 (82)124 (19)1
History of CRCY9 (90)11 (10)10.48
N192 (81)145 (19)1
FH of CRCY47 (84)19 (16)10.57
N153 (81)137 (19)1
Table 2 The reasons for interest or lack interest in having a videorecording n (%)
Reasons for interest in videorecording
Review68 (27)
Better records55 (22)
Better information (more data, better image, better understanding)43 (17)
Comparison37 (15)
Follow-up (includes baseline information, follow changes, reference for next procedure)24 (10)
Research/educational tool16 (6)
Interesting11 (4)
Second opinion9 (4)
Medical-legal1 (< 1)
Can take videorecording along if relocating2 (1)
Reasons for lack of interest in videorecording
No benefit over pictures, no benefit, not useful32 (13)
Don’t see need, trust physician expertise7 (3)
No opinion3 (1)
Table 3 Predictors of stated willingness to pay for a video recording (univariate analysis)
Willing to payNot willing to payPOdds ratio (95% CI)
GenderF72 (68)134 (32)10.181.44 (0.85, 2.44)
M84 (60)57 (40)
DVD playerYes152 (64)86 (36)0.252.21 (0.58, 8.45)
No4 (44)5 (56)
Prior colonoscopyYes116 (63)67 (37)0.961.01 (0.56, 1.82)
No41 (63)24 (37)
History of polypsYes72 (59)51 (41)0.120.66 (0.4, 1.12)
No85 (68)40 (32)
History of CRCYes9 (90)1 (10)0.115.47 (0.68, 43.92)
No148 (62)90 (38)
FH of CRCYes43 (75)14 (25)0.032.09 (1.07, 4.09)
No113 (59)77 (41)
Age, mean (SD)55.9 (12.7)61.4 (13.9)0.0021.39 (1.12-1.72)2
Table 4 Amounts patients were willing to pay for a video recording (univariate analysis)
Amount willing to pay, considering only those willing to pay
Amount willing to pay, considering all patients
mean ($) (SD)Pmean ($) (SD)P
GenderF112.2 (288.7)0.1176.2 (243.2)0.06
M55.4 (128.2)32.9 (102.2)
DVD playerYes83.4 (221.8)0.6353.1 (181.3)0.51
No30 (13.5)13.3 (17.9)
Prior colonoscopyYes89.2 (249.4)0.4656.5 (202.8)0.46
No59.6 (74.6)37.3 (65.5)
History of polypsYes90.3 (270.1)0.6552.6 (210.3)0.93
No74.3 (164.6)50.5 (139.9)
History of CRCYes353.9 (634.6)0.001318.5 (608.7)0.0001
No64.9 (154)40.3 (125.2)
FH of CRCYes92.3 (177.1)0.7269.6 (158.5)0.39
No78.2 (233.7)46.3 (183.7)
AgeCorrelationPCorrelationP
0.070.400.010.92