A Comparison of Patient Satisfaction with Two Commonly Used Sedation Regimens for Endoscopy
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Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether differences exist in patient satisfaction between groups receiving fentanyl/midazolam and those receiving meperidine/midazolam for general endoscopy conscious sedation. Methods: In this prospective study, answers to the 20 question Patient Satisfaction with Sedation Instrument (PSSI) were collected from 198 patients who received either fentanyl/midazolam (N=91) or meperidine/midazolam (N=107) during endoscopy. The total score, sedation delivery subscale score, procedure recall subscale score, sedation side effects subscale score, and global satisfaction subscale score were calculated according to the PSSI guidelines, where higher scores indicate increased satisfaction. Patient characteristics and endoscopy information were compared between fentanyl/midazolam and meperidine/midazolam groups using Fisher's exact test or a Wilcoxon rank sum test. Results: The distribution of patient age, gender, and interventions were relatively similar between fentanyl/midazolam and meperidine/midazolam groups. There were two significant differences in PSSI responses between the two groups. Patients in the meperidine/midazolam group were more often “very satisfied” with the length of time they felt the effects of the sedation (77% vs. 65%, P=0.048). Also, patients in the meperidine/midazolam group responded “very satisfied” more often regarding how they would compare their satisfaction with this experience to their previous experience with endoscopy (86% vs. 71%, P=0.014). In the PSSI subscale scores between the two sedation groups, results were similar except for the sedation delivery subscale score, which was significantly higher in meperidine/midazolam patients compared to fentanyl/midazolam patients (P=0.034). The sedation delivery subscale score incorporated several questions including ease of medication administration and pain associated with delivery. Conclusion: In this prospective study, we utilized the PSSI, which has previously been externally validated, to compare patient satisfaction with sedation between two groups who received commonly administered regimens. We observed that patients were overall satisfied with sedation in both groups. However, there were several questions for which patients who received meperidine/midazolam were more satisfied than patients who received fentanyl/midazolam, where differences either reached statistical significance or trended toward significance.Keywords:
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There is a lack of evidence comparing the use of propofol as a single agent with pethidine/midazolam combined for sedation in upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy in developing countries. The aim of this study was to compare the benefits of sedation using propofol as a single agent to pethidine combined with midazolam in Ghana. During the first 6 months of this study, all patients (137) undergoing diagnostic upper GI endoscopy at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) received pethidine/midazolam, and the following 6 months, all patients (104) received propofol. A total of 241 patients were enrolled in the study. The duration of the procedure and recovery time were recorded, and a structured questionnaire was then administered to determine patient satisfaction, level of sedation and amnesia. The mean time of recovery from sedation was significantly lower in propofol group than in pethidine and midazolam group (12.6 min vs. 33.7 min; p < 0.001). The duration of the procedure was significantly shorter by 4.4 min in the propofol group compared to the pethidine/midazolam group (4.6 min vs. 8.9 min p < 0.001). There was no association between the sedation method and the level of satisfaction (p = 0.653). The use of propofol for conscious sedation during flexible upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is superior compared to the combined midazolam and pethidine in terms of benefits. The cost of propofol is slightly cheaper than combined midazalom and pethidine.
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Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether differences exist in patient satisfaction between groups receiving fentanyl/midazolam and those receiving meperidine/midazolam for general endoscopy conscious sedation. Methods: In this prospective study, answers to the 20 question Patient Satisfaction with Sedation Instrument (PSSI) were collected from 198 patients who received either fentanyl/midazolam (N=91) or meperidine/midazolam (N=107) during endoscopy. The total score, sedation delivery subscale score, procedure recall subscale score, sedation side effects subscale score, and global satisfaction subscale score were calculated according to the PSSI guidelines, where higher scores indicate increased satisfaction. Patient characteristics and endoscopy information were compared between fentanyl/midazolam and meperidine/midazolam groups using Fisher's exact test or a Wilcoxon rank sum test. Results: The distribution of patient age, gender, and interventions were relatively similar between fentanyl/midazolam and meperidine/midazolam groups. There were two significant differences in PSSI responses between the two groups. Patients in the meperidine/midazolam group were more often “very satisfied” with the length of time they felt the effects of the sedation (77% vs. 65%, P=0.048). Also, patients in the meperidine/midazolam group responded “very satisfied” more often regarding how they would compare their satisfaction with this experience to their previous experience with endoscopy (86% vs. 71%, P=0.014). In the PSSI subscale scores between the two sedation groups, results were similar except for the sedation delivery subscale score, which was significantly higher in meperidine/midazolam patients compared to fentanyl/midazolam patients (P=0.034). The sedation delivery subscale score incorporated several questions including ease of medication administration and pain associated with delivery. Conclusion: In this prospective study, we utilized the PSSI, which has previously been externally validated, to compare patient satisfaction with sedation between two groups who received commonly administered regimens. We observed that patients were overall satisfied with sedation in both groups. However, there were several questions for which patients who received meperidine/midazolam were more satisfied than patients who received fentanyl/midazolam, where differences either reached statistical significance or trended toward significance.
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