Govert Veldhuijzen

155 The D-GESQ captures patient satisfaction as a key quality indicator of gastrointestinal endoscopy Table 1. Baseline characteristics Variables Total patients (N=227) Sex, n (%)  Male  Female Age, years (mean ±SD) Underwent endoscopy before, n (%)  Yes  No Number of endoscopies before, n (%)  1  2  3  4  5  >5 Last endoscopy, n (%)  1-3 months ago  4-6 months ago  6-12 months ago  1-4 years ago  >5 years ago Level of education † , n (%)  Low  Middle  High Daily life, n (%)  Student  Paid employment  Self-employed  Househusband/housewife  Unemployed  Disabled  Retired Ethnicity, n (%)  Dutch  Indonesia/former Dutch East Indies  German  Other 129 (52.6%) 98 (43.2%) 62.70 ± 11.54 180 (79.3%) 47 (20.7%) 23 (12.8%) 51 (28.3%) 33 (18.3%) 17 (9.4%) 10(5.6%) 46(25.6%) 106 (46.7%) 7 (3.1%) 12 (5.3%) 37 (16.3%) 18 (7.9%) 40 (17.6%) 94 (41.4%) 93 (41.0%) 1 (0.4%) 59 (26.0%) 19 (8.4%) 15 (6.6%) 3 (1.3%) 18 (7.9%) 112 (49.3%) 221 (97.4%) 3 (1.3%) 1 (0,4%) 2 (0.9%) † Highest completed educational level was split into three levels where ‘low’ comprised no education through to lower secondary education, ‘middle’ comprised upper secondary and middle vocational education, and ‘high’ comprised higher vocational and tertiary education 8