Learning to live with irritabel bowel syndrome. The influence of a group-based patient education programme on peoples' ability to manage illness in everyday life.
Learning to live with irritabel bowel syndrome. The influence of a group-based patient education programme on peoples' ability to manage illness in everyday life.
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学习忍受肠易激综合症。
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
H. Nyhlin
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Håkanson;E. Sahlberg‐Blom;B. Ternestedt;H. Nyhlin
BACKGROUND
Living with chronic irritable bowel syndrome sets limitations in peoples' everyday lives. This is due to bad health and the difficulty to find strategies that will manage their problem. In encounters with health care providers, these people feel that they are not getting the appropriate support to manage their illness-related troubles, and they perceive themselves to be insufficiently informed about the disease.
AIM
To evaluate the influence of a group-based patient education programme about irritable bowel syndrome, on people's ability to manage their illness in everyday life.
METHODS
The study used an evaluative research design. Fifty-one individuals with irritable bowel syndrome completed the ways of coping questionnaire, and the irritable bowel syndrome severity scoring system, before and after participating in a multidisciplinary group-based patient education programme.
RESULTS
In the participants' self assessments, statistical significances (p > 0.05) were found for the mean frequency of efforts used on the coping strategies distancing and escape-avoidance. Distancing was used more often after the education programme, while escape-avoidance, was used more seldom. The proportional use of the strategy self-controlling (relative score) was enhanced after the education programme. The participants' overall severity of symptoms was significantly reduced after the education programme. The individuals with a clinically noteworthy improvement in symptom severity (decrease ≤ 50) had greater changes in relative score values than those that showed a lesser improvement in symptom severity.
CONCLUSION
Coping patterns were changed and symptoms were scored significantly less severe among the participants who participated in the education programme. Controlled studies following individuals over a longer period are suggested to establish the validity and sustainability of these changes, and qualitative interview studies would provide additional understanding about the significance of the separate parts of the education programme, and about the meaning of the programme to peoples' everyday lives as a whole.
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Anderson RM;Funnell MM
通讯作者:
Funnell MM