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Trial reportPloS one2018

The structure of resilience in irritable bowel syndrome and its improvement through hypnotherapy: Cross-sectional and prospective longitudinal data.

Johannes Peter, Ulrich S Tran, Maria Michalski, Gabriele Moser

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Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Role of Sex, Anxiety, and Resilience in the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2025
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  3. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Resilience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  6. The Role of Resilience in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Other Chronic Gastrointestinal Conditions, and the General Population.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Johannes PeterGastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4375-0795
Ulrich S TranDepartment of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, School of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6589-3167
Maria MichalskiGastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gabriele MoserGastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResilience refers to a class of variables that are highly relevant to wellbeing and coping with stress, trauma, and chronic adversity. Despite its significance for health, resilience suffers from poor conceptual integration. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder with altered psychological stress reactivity and a brain-gut-microbiota axis, which causes high levels of chronic strain. Gut-directed Hypnotherapy (GHT) is a standardized treatment for IBS aimed at improving resilience. An improvement of resilience as a result of GHT has been hypothesized but requires further investigation. The aims of the study were to validate the construct and develop an integrational measure of various resilience domains by dimensional reduction, and to investigate changes in resilience in IBS patients after GHT.

methodA total of N = 74 gastroenterology outpatients with IBS (Rome III criteria) were examined in 7 resilience domains, quality of life, psychological distress and symptom severity. Of these, n = 53 participated in 7 to 10 GHT group sessions (Manchester protocol). Post-treatment examinations were performed on average 10 months after last GHT session.

resultsResilience factors proved to be unidimensional in the total sample. Greater resilience (composite score of resilience domains) and quality of life, and lower symptom severity and psychological distress were found after treatment (n = 16). Similar differences were present in cross-sectional comparisons of n = 37 treated vs. n = 37 untreated patients.

conclusionResilience factors share a common psychological dimension and are functionally connected. The absence of maladaptive behaviours contributes to resilience. Improvements in resilience after hypnotherapy with parallel increases in quality of life and reduced psychological distress and symptom severity were observed. Independent replications with larger sample sizes and randomized controlled trials are needed.

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HypnosisQuality of LifeAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIrritable Bowel SyndromeLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective Studies

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PMCPMC6231615

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