Trial reportAlimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2022
Randomised clinical trial: individual versus group hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome.
Trial report in Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03432078 (Comparison of Effects Between Gut Directed Hypnotherapy Provided Either Individually or in a Group Setting for Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Comparison of Effects Between Gut Directed Hypnotherapy Provided Either Individually or in a Group Setting for Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) a Randomized Controlled Study.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nurse-Administered Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Trial
- Randomised clinical trial: individual versus group hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Trial
- Online Group Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome-a Pilot Study.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of irritable bowel syndrome severity scoring system.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Digital and Conventional Behavioral Therapies for Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Psychometric properties of the Hungarian Visceral Sensitivity Index (VSI-H): insights from two cross-sectional studies on self-reported IBS and gluten-related conditions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Mind-Body Interventions for Comorbid Sleep and Gastrointestinal Concerns.Current sleep medicine reports · 2025Review
- Hypnotherapy self-exercises with audio files for children and adolescents with disorders of gut-brain interaction-a study of feasibility and preliminary effects in Sweden.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Acute and Long-Term Effects of App-Delivered Heartfulness Meditation on Psychological Outcomes and the Endocannabinoid Signaling System in Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Treating disorders of brain-gut interaction with multidisciplinary integrated care. Moving towards a new standard of care.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Review
- Gut-directed hypnosis and hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome: a mini-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
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- Nurse practitioner-delivered cognitive-behavioral treatment as a novel implementation route for irritable bowel syndrome: A proof of concept.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Observational
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Abstract
backgroundGut-directed hypnotherapy improves symptoms for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Group hypnotherapy, as well as hypnotherapy administered by nurses, can increase treatment availability, but there are few comparisons between individual and group-based hypnotherapy.
aimWe aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of nurse-administered hypnotherapy for IBS delivered individually or in groups.
methodsIBS patients were randomised to individual or group hypnotherapy (8 sessions, 12 weeks). The primary endpoint was changes in severity of IBS symptoms. A responder was defined as reduction of IBS severity scoring system (IBS-SSS) ≥50 points at the end of treatment compared to baseline. The effects on extracolonic and psychological symptoms, and quality of life were also assessed. Symptoms were also followed up 6 months after treatment start.
resultsA total of 119 patients were randomised (61 individual, 58 group hypnotherapy). Patients reported improvements in IBS symptoms (IBS-SSS) (individual: 332 (273-401) (median, IQR), versus 216 (140-308), (p < 0.0001), group: 315 (239-382), versus 217 (149-314), (p < 0.0001)), with no differences between the groups (p = 0.16). Extracolonic symptoms, psychological symptoms and quality of life also improved, without clear differences between the groups. Sixty-nine percent of the individual hypnotherapy patients were responders after treatment versus 57% of the group hypnotherapy patients (p = 0.25). Symptom improvements were also seen at follow-up.
conclusionsNurse-administered gut-directed hypnotherapy, delivered individually or in groups, relieves IBS symptoms, improves psychological symptoms and quality of life. Group hypnotherapy can be an efficacious alternative, enabling more patients to benefit from the treatment (ClinicalTrials.gov ID no of study: NCT03432078).
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