WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS REGARDING ACCEPTANCE TO THE COLONOSCOPY?

ContextColonoscopy plays an indubitable role in the setting of clinical practice, however, it is an invasive exam; complex, lengthy, embarrassing, not devoid of risks and discomfort that yields fear and anxiety in the majority of patients. In a new era of rising competition between health institutio...

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Main Authors: Vivian Mayumi USSUI, Ana Luiza Werneck da SILVA, Luana Vilarinho BORGES, José Guilherme Nogueira da SILVA, José Murilo Robilotta ZEITUNE, Cláudio Lyoiti HASHIMOTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032013000100023&lng=en&tlng=en