Association of participation in a mindfulness programme with bowel symptoms, gastrointestinal symptom‐specific anxiety and quality of life
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics June 9, 2011 David J. Kearney, Kelly McDermott, Michelle Martinez et al. 63 citations
BACKGROUND: Stress perception and GI-specific anxiety play key roles in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a widely available stress reduction course, which has not been evaluated for IBS. AIM: To determine whether participation in MBSR is associated with improvement in bowel symptoms, GI-specific anxiety, and IBS-Quality of Life. METHODS: This is a...