Hypnotherapy and therapeutic audiotape: effective in previously unsuccessfully treated irritable bowel syndrome?

Forbes, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-9843, MacAuley, Susan and Chiotakakou-Faliakou, Efterpi (2000) Hypnotherapy and therapeutic audiotape: effective in previously unsuccessfully treated irritable bowel syndrome? International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 15 (5-6). pp. 328-334. ISSN 0179-1958

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Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not always readily responsive to conventional therapy. Hypnotherapy is effective but time consuming and labour intensive. Preliminary data suggested equivalent value from a specially devised audiotape. Tape use is now compared with gut-directed hyponotherapy in a randomised controlled trial. Consenting patients (n = 52; 37 women) with established IBS were recruited to a 12-week study. All had failed dietary and pharmacological therapy. The median age was 37 years (range 19-71); median symptom duration was 60 months (8-480). Randomisation was to six sessions of individual hypnotherapy, or to the tape, with stratification according to predominant symptom. Symptom scores and validated psychological questionnaires were utilised. Twenty-five patients (18 women) received hypnotherapy, 27 the tape. Successful trance was induced in all hypnotherapy patients. By intention to treat, symptom scores improved in 76% of hypnotherapy patients and in 59% of tape patients (not significant). Amongst 45 patients providing a full set of symptom scores there was advantage to hypnotherapy, with a reduction in median score from 14 to 8.5 compared to an unchanged score of 13 in audiotape patients (P

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adult,aged,colonic diseases, functional,female,humans,hypnosis,male,middle aged,pain management,pilot projects,random allocation,relaxation therapy,tape recording,time factors
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2014 10:44
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 23:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49570
DOI:	10.1007/s003840000248

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