Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 152-162

  Bonnert, Marianne ^a,b   Olén, Ola ^a,c   Lalouni, Maria ^a,b   Benninga, Marc A ^d   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Engelbrektsson, Johanna ^b   Hedman, Erik ^a   Lenhard, Fabian ^a,b   Melin, Bo ^a   Simrén, Magnus ^e,f   Vigerland, Sarah ^a,b   Serlachius, Eva ^a,b   Ljótsson, Brjánn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DRUG USE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS RATING SCALE FOR IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INTERNET DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT WORRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WATCHFUL WAITING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84995395716     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.503     Document Type: Article

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