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  • Title: Hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome in Saudi Arabian patients.
    Author: Al Sughayir MA.
    Journal: East Mediterr Health J; 2007; 13(2):301-8. PubMed ID: 17684852.
    Abstract:
    This study investigated whether hypnotherapy provides a significant therapeutic effect in Saudi Arabian patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Patients (n=26) were consecutively recruited at a psychiatry outpatient clinic after diagnosis by a gastroenterologist and a medical evaluation for irritable bowel syndrome. Each patient had 12 sessions of hypnotherapy over a period of 12 weeks (1 session per week). Patients completed a scale measuring symptom severity before and 3 months after the trial. Hypnotherapy significantly enhanced a feeling of better quality of life more in male than in female patients, and bowel habit dissatisfaction was reduced more in female than in male patients.
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