Abstract   Background & Aims : Irritable bowel syndrome is a common functional gastro-intestinal disease. Patients can experience symptoms for many years. These symptoms have significant impact on patient’s quality of life. There is a little information about irritable bowel syndrome in Iran. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome by using the...

Background and Objectives: Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases that involve a considerable part of society. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre- and post-test design with control and e...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between stressful life events-type personality, catastrophizing and psychological distress with symptoms severity in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Methods: This research was a correlational study and the population were consisted of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Isfahan who were diagnosed with Irr...

Background and Objective: Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders in which psychological factors play an important role in developing and exacerbating the symptoms. The aim of current study was comparing mental health of patients with irritable bowel syndrome with normal individuals alongside the role of mental health predicting high risk of irri...

Background & Aims: Irritable bowel syndrome is a common chronic disease that up to 20% of patients are referred to gastroenterologists. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychopathology of people with irritable bowel syndrome and non-infected individuals. Materials & Method: The present study was a comparative-comparative study. The statistical population included all patients that c...

Background: The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common chronic medical conditions. Various mechanisms, including altered gut flora and/or small bowel bacterial overgrowth, have been suggested to play a role in the development of gas-related symptoms aim of study. The clinical evidence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth as an important etiology of irritable bowel syndrome...

  Introduction: The irritable bowel syndrome is most common functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) that Psychological factors play an important role in development and exacerbation it’s symptoms. The aim of this research was to study the effect of therapeutic touch on state and trait anxiety in patients with irritable bowel syndrome .   Methods: The research hypotheses were tested by using...