Publications by authors named "Badboni El-Safadi"
Article Synopsis
- Different countries have different rules for how positive results are determined in poop tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
- In a study with Norwegian people aged 50-74, they looked at the number of colonoscopies (a procedure to check the colon) at various poop test thresholds.
- They found that higher thresholds mean fewer colonoscopies but also less chance of finding serious issues like cancer, and the risk of problems during the colonoscopy increases with higher thresholds.
Background: Women are at high risk for painful colonoscopy. Pain, but also sedation, are barriers to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening participation. In a randomised controlled trial, we compared on-demand with pre-colonoscopy opioid administration to control pain in women at CRC screening age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate the possible long-term psychological harm of participating in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in Norway.
Methods: In a prospective, randomized trial, 14294 participants (aged 50-74 years) were invited to either flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening, or a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) (1:1). In total, 4422 screening participants (32%) completed the questionnaire, which consisted of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the SF-12, a generic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement, when invited to screening and one year after the invitation.