title: [Anthropo-analytical relaxation in irritable bowel syndrome: results 40 months later].
abstract: Therapy of irritable bowel syndrome is disappointing. Since irritable gut (IG) accounts for 20-40% of all consultations, an investigation was carried out in IG patients treated by relaxation and its effect on the number of consultations, attacks of pain, and psychological profile (MMPI) after a period of time. A control group (C) received conventional treatment. The relaxation group (R) was treated simultaneously for a 6-month period. The number of consultations in the C patients was 53 before and 41 after conventional treatment. Consultations in the R group fell from 74 before to 6 after relaxation therapy. Two-monthly attacks of pain in the R group fell to zero, while there was no change in the C group on this score. The MMPI changes are original and worth stressing. The improvement immediately, and 40 months, after the relaxation course was significant.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine, Hôpital de Zone, Yverdon.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Voirol
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hipolito
mesh_terms: D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D009819:Office Visits; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012064:Relaxation Therapy
vernacular_title: Relaxation anthropoanalytique dans les syndromes de l'intestin irritable: résultats à 40 mois.