Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: Are preparatory interventions or conscious sedation effective? A randomized trial

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the patients

	Co-group	Mi-group	Re-group	Vi-group
Patients (n)	62	52	58	54
Gender (m/f)	25/37	9/43a	28/30	28/26
Age (yr; mean ± SD)	37.85 ± 10.44	40.13 ± 10.55	35.20 ± 10.57	39.24 ± 10.57
State anxiety (mean ± SD)	46.66 ± 10.73	54.19 ± 10.89b	46.03 ± 11.42	39.62 ± 9.05
Trait anxiety (mean ± SD)	38.30 ± 7.16	44.26 ± 9.43b	37.22 ± 8.21	38.05 ± 9.63
Duration of EGD (seconds; mean ± SD)	145.88 ± 45.18	157.40 ± 48.09	140.60 ± 35.56	142.96 ± 39.11
Endoscopic findings (No cases):
Normal findings	30	25	26	22
Esophagitis	1	3	6	10
Hiatus Ernia	3	1	2	3
Gastritis or Duodenitis	24	19	19	14
Gastric or duodenal ulcer	2	2	3	3
Cancer	-	-	-	1
Other findings	2	2	2	1

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.001 vs the other three groups.