Effects of mind-body therapy on quality of life and neuroendocrine and cellular immune functions in patients with ulcerative colitis

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 277-287

  Elsenbruch, Sigrid ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^b   Popkirowa, Kalina ^a   Müller, Twyla ^b   Luedtke, Rainer ^c   Franken, Ulla ^b   Paul, Anna ^b   Spahn, Günther ^b   Michalsen, Andreas ^b   Janssen, Onno E ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a,d   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

^c Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Mind body therapy; Quality of life; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPRENALINE; PROLACTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 23844441637     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086318     Document Type: Article

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