Impact of flexible sigmoidoscopy on physician compliance with colorectal cancer screening protocol.
The flexible sigmoidoscope may represent a partial solution to the longstanding problem of physician and patient noncompliance with sigmoidoscopy for the detection of colorectal cancer. A three-year longitudinal audit of medical records revealed at least a sevenfold increase in the number of sigmoidoscopies performed after the introduction of flexible sigmoidoscopy to a salaried medical group. This procedure has made a significant contribution to patient care and resident education in the UCLA family practice residency program.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020694:Sigmoidoscopes; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*