Ute Martens, Gabriele Caspari, Anna Rilk, Jochen Hefner, Martin Teufel, Sibylle Klosterhalfen, Stephan Zipfel, Paul Enck
{"title":"Six-year follow-up of patients with functional bowel disorders, with and without previous psychotherapy.","authors":"Ute Martens, Gabriele Caspari, Anna Rilk, Jochen Hefner, Martin Teufel, Sibylle Klosterhalfen, Stephan Zipfel, Paul Enck","doi":"10.3205/psm000068","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Long-term follow-up studies in patients with functional bowel disorders are rare.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Of 85 patients with functional bowel disorders diagnosed in 2000, forty-eight patients responded to a postal questionnaire 6 years later (2006).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Gastrointestinal symptom severity was similar to that at the initial diagnosis. Anxiety and depression (HADS) were significantly decreased, however, depending on previous psychotherapy (PT) experience. Men but not women that had participated in PT exhibited reduced symptoms more pronounced than did patients without PT.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Anxiety and depression may determine consulting behaviour, but this appears unrelated to intestinal symptoms and their severity. Short-term PT contributes to long-term well-being especially in men.</p>","PeriodicalId":88305,"journal":{"name":"Psycho-social medicine","volume":"7 ","pages":"Doc06"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/63/c5/PSM-07-06.PMC2996055.pdf","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psycho-social medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3205/psm000068","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 7
Abstract
Introduction: Long-term follow-up studies in patients with functional bowel disorders are rare.
Methods: Of 85 patients with functional bowel disorders diagnosed in 2000, forty-eight patients responded to a postal questionnaire 6 years later (2006).
Results: Gastrointestinal symptom severity was similar to that at the initial diagnosis. Anxiety and depression (HADS) were significantly decreased, however, depending on previous psychotherapy (PT) experience. Men but not women that had participated in PT exhibited reduced symptoms more pronounced than did patients without PT.
Discussion: Anxiety and depression may determine consulting behaviour, but this appears unrelated to intestinal symptoms and their severity. Short-term PT contributes to long-term well-being especially in men.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
