The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Chronic Pain and Cognitive-Emotional Regulation in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Objective: Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic and debilitating digestive disorder that is more common in people with psychological disorders than in the general population. This study is aimed at the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the mitigating of chronic pain and cognitive-emotional regulation in patients with Irritable bowel syndrome. Method: This study investigates the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy on chronic pains and cognitive emotion regulation in patients with IBS. The research method is quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and control group and a six-month follow-up. All patients with IBS who had presented to the Shariati Hospital of Tehran and Masoud Gastroenterology and Liver Clinic from autumn ۲۰۱۹ to winter ۲۰۲۰ comprised the statistical population. The sample size was ۴۸ people selected by convenience sampling, then divided into an experimental group and a control group using a block randomization procedure (with each group containing ۲۴). Chronic Pain Grade Scale and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were the research tools provided to the two groups. However, the control group remained on the waiting list and received no interventions. The cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention was performed for the experimental group for eight ۹۰-minute sessions. Descriptive statistics and Repeated Measures analyzed research data.Results: Findings indicated that cognitive-behavioral therapy reduced chronic pain and increased cognitive regulation (p>۰.۰۱). This efficacy remained stable until a six-month follow-up (p>۰.۰۵).Conclusion: This finding can also be associated with reducing and improving cognitive emotion regulation within psychological interventions planning vision among patients with IBS, and thus have clinical usages.

کلیدواژه ها:

irritable bowel syndrome ، Cognitive Therapy ، Pain ، emotion regulation