Patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome indicated better illness-related quality of life after undergoing gut-directed group hypnotherapy in addition to medical treatment in a recent study.
Researchers randomly assigned 100 adult patients with refractory IBS to receive either supportive talks with medical treatment (SMT, controls) or to undergo 10 weekly 45-minute sessions of gut-directed group hypnotherapy (GHT) within 12 weeks, in addition to SMT. Patients’ quality of life was measured via the 26-item IBS impact scale (IBS-IS) before and after intervention, and after 12 months of follow-up. General quality of life, psychological status and changes to individual IBS symptoms also were assessed.
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