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A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of healing therapy in a gastroenterology outpatient setting

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Lee, R. T., Kingstone, T., Roberts, Lesley, Edwards, S., Soundy, A., Shah, P. R., Haque, M. S. and Singh, S. (2017) A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of healing therapy in a gastroenterology outpatient setting. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 9 . pp. 110-119. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2016.11.017 ISSN 1876-3820.

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Abstract

Introduction:
To determine the benefits of healing therapy (spiritual healing) as an adjunct to conventional management in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods:
200 outpatients with IBS or IBD were randomised to either conventional treatment (control) or conventional plus five sessions of healing therapy (intervention). After 12 weeks controls also had healing therapy. Outcomes used were, the Measure Yourself Medical Outcomes Profile (MYMOP). IBS-QOL, IBDQ, and symptom measures.

Results:
There was a significant improvement in the MYMOP score at week 6 (p < 0.001) which was maintained to week 12 (p < 0.001) and 24 (p < 0.001). Improvements in MYMOP were significantly greater in the intervention group at both 6 (p < 0.001) and 12 weeks (p < 0.001) with effect sizes of 0.7 (95% CI: 0.4–1.1) and 0.8 (95% CI: 0.4–1.2). Condition-specific data for IBS showed that most QoL dimensions had a significant minimum 10-point score improvement at 6 and 12 weeks. The overall score improvement was 12.9 units at week 6 (p < 0.001), 12.4 units at week 12 (p < 0.001) and 13.8 units at week 24 (p < 0.001). In IBD there was also similar score improvement, but only up to week 12 were there associations of improved social and bowel functions (p < 0.001, respectively). Between group differences were identified for QoL scores in IBS at both week 6 (p < 0.001) and 12 (p < 0.001) but only for week 12 (p < 0.001) in the IBD group.

Conclusions:
The addition of healing therapy to conventional treatment was associated with improvement in symptoms and QoL in IBS, and to a lesser extent in IBD.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Irritable colon -- Treatment, Inflammatory bowel diseases -- Treatment, Ulcerative colitis -- Treatment, Crohn's disease -- Treatment, Healing, Spiritual healing, Reiki (Healing system), Touch -- Therapeutic use
Journal or Publication Title: European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH - Urban und Fischer
ISSN: 1876-3820
Official Date: January 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2017Published
29 November 2016Available
29 November 2016Accepted
Volume: 9
Page Range: pp. 110-119
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2016.11.017
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 January 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 18 January 2017
Funder: Big Lottery Fund (Great Britain) (BLF)

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