Table 1

Baseline characteristics of colonoscopies performed by GI trainees

201920202021
Total colonoscopies798172538
Colonoscopies by GI trainees (%)367 (46.0)44 (25.6)243 (45.2)
GI trainee-assisted colonoscopies
(% of GI trainee colonoscopies)
46 (12.5)5 (11.4)45 (18.5)
Patient demographics
 Male175 (47.7%)21 (47.7%)127 (52.3%)
 Female192 (52.3%)23 (52.3%)116 (47.7%)
 Age, years (median, range)59, 18–8962, 25–8457, 16–88
 Inpatient16 (4.4%)22 (50.0%)25 (10.3%)
 Outpatient351 (95.6%)22 (50.0%)218 (89.7%)
Indications
 Anaemia65 (17.7%)19 (43.2%)44 (18.1%)
 Rectal bleeding38 (10.4%)7 (15.9%)54 (22.2%)
 Diarrhoea*66 (18.0%)8 (18.2%)61 (25.1%)
 Constipation17 (4.6%)021 (8.6%)
 Abdominal pain22 (6.0%)3 (6.8%)21 (8.6%)
 Weight loss9 (2.5%)1 (2.3%)1 (0.4%)
 Polyp/cancer surveillance77 (21.0%)2 (4.5%)18 (7.4%)
 Family history of polyps/cancer63 (17.2%)3 (6.8%)17 (7.0%)
 IBD assessment33 (9.0%)2 (4.5%)8 (3.3%)
 IBD surveillance5 (1.4%)012 (4.9%)
 Abnormality on imaging19 (5.2%)5 (11.4%)27 (11.1%)
 Other11 (3.0%)1 (2.3%)5 (2.1%)
  • *Diarrhoea including alternating bowel habits, urgency and faecal incontinence.

  • GI, gastrointestinal; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.