Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Purpose: This study investigated evidence for the use of relaxation therapies as interventions to decrease irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms and severity as well as reduce anxiety and improve quality of life in IBS patients. Methods: A search of electronic bibliographic databases (e.g., Medlin...
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| author | Seong-Hi Park, PhD, RN Kuem Sun Han, PhD, RN Chang-Bum Kang, PhD |
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| description | Purpose: This study investigated evidence for the use of relaxation therapies as interventions to decrease irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms and severity as well as reduce anxiety and improve quality of life in IBS patients.
Methods: A search of electronic bibliographic databases (e.g., Medline Ovid, Embase, KoreaMed, and National Discovery for Science Leaders) was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials that included relaxation exercise programs for adults (>18 years old) with IBS. Of the 486 publications identified, 8 studies met inclusion and exclusion criteria, and all studies were used in the meta-analysis. We used Cochrane's risk of bias to assess study quality.
Results: The results showed that IBS symptoms decreased significantly, 6.19 (95% confidence interval [2.74, 14.02]) and there was no heterogeneity. Symptom severity and anxiety decreased by 0.38 (95% confidence interval [−1.41, 0.65]) and −0.08 (95% confidence interval [−0.38, 0.23]) due to relaxation therapies, but theses scores were not statistically significant.
Conclusion: This review revealed positive effects of relaxation therapy on IBS symptoms in adult patients with IBS. However, these results should be interpreted with caution due to the small number of studies examined and the associated methodological problems. Further studies are needed to ascertain the long-term effects of relaxation therapy and the underlying psychosocial mechanisms leading to anxiety reduction and improved quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2dbdeb06fcf4cf8b4982280607408a52022-12-21T18:44:06ZengElsevierAsian Nursing Research1976-13172014-09-018318219210.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic ReviewSeong-Hi Park, PhD, RN0Kuem Sun Han, PhD, RN1Chang-Bum Kang, PhD2School of Nursing, Pai Chai University, Daejeon, South KoreaCollege of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South KoreaResearch Development Team, Korea Health Promotion Foundation, Seoul, South KoreaPurpose: This study investigated evidence for the use of relaxation therapies as interventions to decrease irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms and severity as well as reduce anxiety and improve quality of life in IBS patients. Methods: A search of electronic bibliographic databases (e.g., Medline Ovid, Embase, KoreaMed, and National Discovery for Science Leaders) was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials that included relaxation exercise programs for adults (>18 years old) with IBS. Of the 486 publications identified, 8 studies met inclusion and exclusion criteria, and all studies were used in the meta-analysis. We used Cochrane's risk of bias to assess study quality. Results: The results showed that IBS symptoms decreased significantly, 6.19 (95% confidence interval [2.74, 14.02]) and there was no heterogeneity. Symptom severity and anxiety decreased by 0.38 (95% confidence interval [−1.41, 0.65]) and −0.08 (95% confidence interval [−0.38, 0.23]) due to relaxation therapies, but theses scores were not statistically significant. Conclusion: This review revealed positive effects of relaxation therapy on IBS symptoms in adult patients with IBS. However, these results should be interpreted with caution due to the small number of studies examined and the associated methodological problems. Further studies are needed to ascertain the long-term effects of relaxation therapy and the underlying psychosocial mechanisms leading to anxiety reduction and improved quality of life.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131714000450anxietyirritable bowel syndromequality of liferelaxation therapyreview |
| spellingShingle | Seong-Hi Park, PhD, RN Kuem Sun Han, PhD, RN Chang-Bum Kang, PhD Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review Asian Nursing Research anxiety irritable bowel syndrome quality of life relaxation therapy review |
| title | Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | relaxation therapy for irritable bowel syndrome a systematic review |
| topic | anxiety irritable bowel syndrome quality of life relaxation therapy review |
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