Validation of the Saint Paul’s Endoscopy Comfort Scale (SPECS) for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
SPECS is a reliable assessment tool to measure patient comfort during EGD. SPECS may be used to audit patient comfort at a facility and physician level.
Authors
- Natasha Harris
- Robert Enns
- Jennifer J. Telford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-6147)
- Cherry Galorport (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9353-7381)
- Aein Zarrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7539-7397)
- Neal Shahidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-0515)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwaf002
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00