Development of an educational intervention for patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): a pilot study.

Ringström, Gisela,1964Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (författare)

BACKGROUND: Many IBS patients experience that they receive limited information and that the health care system does not take their complaints seriously. We aimed to develop a structured patient education, an 'IBS school', and investigate if the efficacy could be evaluated in terms of improved knowledge, symptom severity and health related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS: The IBS school consisted of six weekly two hour sessions in a group setting. Five different health care professionals were responsible for one session each. Questionnaires covering patients' experience of the education, perceived knowledge about IBS, gastrointestinal symptoms, and HRQOL, were used for evaluation at baseline and at three, six, and twelve months after education. RESULTS: Twelve IBS patients were included. The patients were overall satisfied with the IBS school. In line with this, the gastrointestinal symptoms, HRQOL, and perceived knowledge about IBS improved significantly after the education. CONCLUSION: An IBS school seems to be a proper method to meet the patients' need of information about IBS and also to improve the patients' gastrointestinal symptoms, HRQOL, and knowledge about IBS. Further controlled studies are now needed in larger numbers of patients to confirm these preliminary results in order to implement this intervention in clinical practice.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Gastroenterologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Gastroenterology and Hepatology hsv//eng
Adult
Cohort Studies
Female
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Humans
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
physiopathology
psychology
therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Education as Topic
methods
Patient Satisfaction
Pilot Projects
Program Development
Quality of Life
Severity of Illness Index

Størsrud, Stine,1972Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine(Swepub:gu)xstost (författare)
Lundqvist, SaraGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (författare)
Westman, BerndtGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (författare)
Simrén, Magnus,1966Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine(Swepub:gu)xsimrm (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Ringström, Gisel ...; Størsrud, Stine, ...; Lundqvist, Sara; Westman, Berndt; Simrén, Magnus, ...

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