TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Just to get it off my chest'
T2 - Patients' views on psychotherapy in inflammatory bowel disease
AU - Mikocka-Walus, Antonina A.
AU - Gordon, Andrea L.
AU - Stewart, Benjamin J.
AU - Andrews, Jane M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded from the University of South Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Grant Scheme 2010. The authors are unaware of any conflict of interest with respect to this study. This paper shares a methodology section with another paper the group have recently submitted for publication elsewhere using the same 12 patients to report on their experiences with the use of antidepressants.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objective: This study aimed to explore patients' experiences and views on psychotherapy in relation to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and Crohn's disease (CD) in particular. Method: This descriptive survey study used semi-structured in-depth interviews with open-ended questions and a qualitative content analysis to summarise responses of 12 CD patients with mental health problems undergoing treatment with antidepressants. Results: Of 12 interviewed CD sufferers, only four received any form of psychotherapy. Two psychotherapy users considered it useful and beneficial. Patients who used psychotherapy with good results reported it improved their disease course, most likely due to improving patients' skills in reducing stress and thus, delaying relapse of the disease. Conclusion: Psychotherapy seems to be under used in IBD patients with mental health problems. Psychotherapy may act as a preventer of disease relapse in some patients and this observation needs to be tested with further quantitative studies. Online therapies may be the answer to limited psychotherapeutic resources in gastroenterology clinics.
AB - Objective: This study aimed to explore patients' experiences and views on psychotherapy in relation to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and Crohn's disease (CD) in particular. Method: This descriptive survey study used semi-structured in-depth interviews with open-ended questions and a qualitative content analysis to summarise responses of 12 CD patients with mental health problems undergoing treatment with antidepressants. Results: Of 12 interviewed CD sufferers, only four received any form of psychotherapy. Two psychotherapy users considered it useful and beneficial. Patients who used psychotherapy with good results reported it improved their disease course, most likely due to improving patients' skills in reducing stress and thus, delaying relapse of the disease. Conclusion: Psychotherapy seems to be under used in IBD patients with mental health problems. Psychotherapy may act as a preventer of disease relapse in some patients and this observation needs to be tested with further quantitative studies. Online therapies may be the answer to limited psychotherapeutic resources in gastroenterology clinics.
KW - antidepressants
KW - content analysis
KW - inflammatory bowel disease
KW - psychotherapy
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U2 - 10.1080/14733145.2012.730540
DO - 10.1080/14733145.2012.730540
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883531537
SN - 1473-3145
VL - 13
SP - 227
EP - 234
JO - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
JF - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
IS - 3
ER -