Patient Experience at Endoscopy Centers in Three West African Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic

作     者：Alice Nanelin Guingané Euloge Houndonougbo Jamila Abdouramane Soli Léonce Steve Zoungrana Sandrine Soudré Aboubacar Coulibaly Sosthène Somda Roger Sombié Appolinaire Sawadogo Alain Bougouma Alice Nanelin Guingané;Euloge Houndonougbo;Jamila Abdouramane Soli;Léonce Steve Zoungrana;Sandrine Soudré;Aboubacar Coulibaly;Sosthène Somda;Roger Sombié;Appolinaire Sawadogo;Alain Bougouma

作者机构：Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie CHU Bogodogo Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie Hopital saint jean de Dieu Tanguiéta Bénin Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie Hopital général de référence de Niamey Niamey Niger Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie CHU Ouahigouya Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie CHU Tengandogo Tengandogo Burkina Faso Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Service d’hépato-Gastroentérologie CHU Sourou Sanou Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Gastroenterology》 (肠胃病学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第13卷第4期

页      面：161-169页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Endoscopy COVID-19 Patients Exposure Symptoms 

摘      要：Corona virus infection and the risk of contagiousness to medical personnel or patients during endoscopy necessitated further measures in the endoscopy rooms. The objective of this study was to assess the experience of patients in endoscopy rooms during the COVID-19 epidemic in West Africa. Patients and Methods: This was a multicenter cross-sectional study that took place over a period of 3 months (June to August 2020) in endoscopy centers in Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger. An online questionnaire was sent to patients who had performed upper digestive endoscopies, in 8 digestive endoscopy centers including private, public and religious structures. Depending on the choice of patients, questionnaires were either sent electronically or completed in the endoscopy room with the help of field investigators. The choice of centers was random from the list of centers and descriptive analyses were carried out. Results: A total of 294 patients responded to the online questionnaire. There were 37 lower and 257 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies. The female sex represented 52.1%. The wait times for obtaining an endoscopy appointment were considered satisfactory by 281 patients 95.6%. In the endoscopy departments, 112 patients, or 38.1%, were questioned about the risk factors for contamination of SARS-CoV-2. Among the risk factors found, 6 patients (2.0%) would have traveled abroad in the 2 weeks preceding the examination, 4 patients 1.4% had already been in contact with a subject at risk. The most frequent symptoms were chest pain (80 cases;27.2%), flu-like syndrome (29 cases;9.9%), cough (40 cases;13.6%), fever (46 cases;15.6%). In contrast, ageusia (7 cases;2.4%) and anosmia (5 cases;1.7%) were only found in very few patients. Twenty-two patients (7.5%) felt highly exposed to COVID-19 during the endoscopy examination and 144 patients (48.9%) rated the examination as satisfactory. Conclusion: Gastrointestinal symptoms initially described as rare are being reported with increasing