Online, Gut-directed Hypnotherapy for Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Gut-directed hypnotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06297785

2022-03997-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adult IBS patients with symptoms refractory to standard medical treatment will receive online nurse-administered, gut-directed hypnotherapy in groups. The primary outcome measure was change in gastro-intestinal symptom severity.

Full description

IBS patients with symptoms refractory to standard treatment and who were referred to a specialist unit for hypnotherapy, will be included in the study consecutively. The patients will receive gut-directed hypnotherapy given by a nurse trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and hypnotherapy. Effects of treatment will be measured by validated questionnaires at baseline and at various time points during the treatment period, as well as after the completion of the treatment at follow-up 6 months, 1 and 2 years after treatment.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IBS diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Organic GI disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Nurse-delivered, gut-directed hypnotherapy

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gut-directed hypnotherapy