RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypnotherapy in severe irritable bowel syndrome: further experience.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 423
OP 425
DO 10.1136/gut.28.4.423
VO 28
IS 4
A1 P J Whorwell
A1 A Prior
A1 S M Colgan
YR 1987
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/28/4/423.abstract
AB Fifteen patients with severe intractable irritable bowel syndrome previously reported as successfully treated with hypnotherapy, have now been followed up for a mean duration of 18 months. All patients remain in remission although two have experienced a single relapse overcome by an additional session of hypnotherapy. Experience with a further 35 patients is reported giving a total group of 50. This group was divided into classical cases, atypical cases and cases exhibiting significant psychopathology. The response rates were 95%, 43%, and 60% respectively. Patients over the age of 50 years responded very poorly (25%) whereas those below the age of 50 with classical irritable bowel syndrome exhibited a 100% response rate. This study confirms the successful effect of hypnotherapy in a larger series of patients with irritable bowel syndrome and defines some subgroup variations.