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Evaluation of Patient Education in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

NCT00305968 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2011-12-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

About 10% of the population in western countries suffer from abdominal pain and change of bowel habits - known as the irritable bowel syndrome. The patients suffer from low quality of life and they are often not well taken care of within the public healthcare system. They often feel frustrated and seek both their family doctors, specialists and alternative medicine for help. Many patients feel they do not know enough about their disease, and the uncertainty may enhance bowel symptoms. We want to evaluate the effect of patient information and education in these patients.

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

patient education

Patient education group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sykehuset Telemark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Hospital of Vestfold

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sorlandet Hospital HF

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Jostein Sauar, PhD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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