How to improve patient satisfaction during midazolam sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy?

Table 5 Patients’ satisfaction through active monitoring and intervention by endoscopist during colonoscopy

	Active monitoring (n = 39)	Non-active monitoring (n = 128)	P value
Sex (Male, %)	19 (48.7)	70 (54.7)	0.584
Age (mean ± SD)	56.1 ± 13.0	57.7 ± 13.5	0.514
Proportion of EMR, n (%)	32 (82.1)	51 (39.8)	< 0.001
Satisfaction, n (%)			0.968
Very satisfied	12 (30.8)	39 (30.5)
Satisfied	20 (51.3)	66 (51.6)
Fair	5 (12.8)	14 (10.9)
Unsatisfied	2 (5.1)	9 (7.0%)
Midazolam, first dose (mg, mean ± SD)	4.5 ± 1.0	4.2 ± 0.9	0.159
Midazolam, total dose (mg, mean ± SD)	5.8 ± 1.2	4.8 ± 1.5	0.002
Midazolam, No. of injections (mean ± SD)	1.6 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.7	0.025
Procedure time (min, mean ± SD)	28.8 ± 12.2	22.3 ± 12.2	0.005