None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the current study is to compare the effects of the Nerva gut-directed hypnotherapy (GDH) program to psychoeducation (control) on gastrointestinal symptoms and psychological indices in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is hypothesised that participants randomised to the Nerva GDH program will see greater degrees of improvement in terms of overall and individual gastrointestinal symptoms and psychological indices compared to those who receive psychoeducation (control).
Interventions
App-delivered gut-directed hypnotherapy and psycho-education using voice recording and readings which will take approximately 20 minutes per day for participants to complete across the 6 week duration of the study. The gut-directed hypnotherapy and psycho-education are resources already available through the Nerva app and involve education of around Irritable Bowel Syndrome and calming hypnotherapy sessions to help relax the patient. Participants will receive weekly text messages at the end of t
App-delivered gut-directed hypnotherapy and psycho-education using voice recording and readings which will take approximately 20 minutes per day for participants to complete across the 6 week duration of the study. The gut-directed hypnotherapy and psycho-education are resources already available through the Nerva app and involve education of around Irritable Bowel Syndrome and calming hypnotherapy sessions to help relax the patient. Participants will receive weekly text messages at the end of the week to remind them to continue completing the programfor the 6 weeks on the intervention and additionally at 6 months to complete follow up surveys.
Sponsors
Monash University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants must meets the ROME IV criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Exclusion criteria
• Pregnancy • Alcoholism • Inability to understand the content of the sessions, because of insufficient command of the English language • Inability to fill out the questionnaires • Psychiatric condition (for example, severe depression, PTSD or psychosis) • A combination of IBS and other chronic bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or coeliac disease • Major surgery to the lower gastrointestinal tract, such as partial or total colectomy, small bowel resection or partial or total gastrectomy • Past or present radiotherapy to the abdomen
Outcome results
None listed