Overall acceptability and efficacy of commonly used bowel preparations for colonoscopy in Italian clinical practice. A multicentre prospective study.

Background & Aims: The recent enormous increase in colonoscopy demand prompted this multicentre observational study assessing overall acceptability and efficacy of commonly used bowel preparations in Italian clinical practice.

Methods: Consecutive outpatients undergoing colonoscopy were recruited from 9 major gastroenterological centres in Italy. Each patient evaluated overall acceptability of the bowel cleansing preparation through a 0-100mm Visual Analogue Scale.