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Culturally Adapted Psychological Intervention for the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

NCT03379064 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2022-11-14

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Summary

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a highly prevalent functional bowel disorder routinely encountered by healthcare providers although it's not life-threatening, this chronic disorder has ability to reduce patients' quality of life and imposes a significant economic burden to the healthcare system.Despite the high prevalence of IBS and its association with disability and adverse effect on health related quality of life we are not aware of any published trial of psychological intervention for IBS from Pakistan. We aim to test the feasibility and acceptability of culturally adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for the management of IBS in Karachi, Pakistan compared to treatment as usual.

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavior Therapy for IBS

Culturally adapted Cognitive Behavior Therapy for IBS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karachi Medical and Dental College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Prof. Nusrat Husain · University of Manchester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-30
Primary Completion
2018-10-20
Completion
2019-05-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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