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Trial reportJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2020

Self-help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improves Health-Related Quality of Life for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial.

Melissa G Hunt, Paddy Loftus, Michael Accardo, Mary Keenan, Lauren Cohen, Mark T Osterman

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Trial report in Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Psychological interventions for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  18. Self-directed self-management interventions to prevent or address distress in young people with long-term physical conditions: A rapid review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Melissa G HuntDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 425 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6241, USA. mhunt@upenn.edu.
Paddy LoftusDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 425 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6241, USA.
Michael AccardoDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 425 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6241, USA.
Mary KeenanDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 425 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6241, USA.
Lauren CohenDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 425 S. University Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6241, USA.
Mark T OstermanDivision of Gastroenterology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often have poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) and are at risk for anxiety and depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help patients with IBD cope with their disease. Unfortunately, barriers to care include expense and availability of qualified therapists. Stand-alone, self-help CBT could improve access to care. This study examined the effectiveness of a self-help CBT workbook for patients with IBD. A randomized controlled trial compared the CBT workbook to an active psychoeducational control workbook. A total of 140 participants enrolled. In both groups, scores improved on a range of measures, including catastrophizing, visceral sensitivity, and HRQL, although pre-post effect sizes were generally larger in the CBT group. Only participants in the CBT group experienced significant improvements in anxiety and depression. Improvements were generally maintained or consolidated at 3-month follow-up. Self-help CBT can be an effective and inexpensive way to improve HRQL for patients with IBD.

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Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesQuality of LifeAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedAnxietyAnxiety DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyDepressionFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeCognitive-behavioral therapyCrohn’s diseaseHealth-related quality of lifeInflammatory bowel diseaseSelf-helpUlcerative colitis

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PMID31025253

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