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Research type:	Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Title (lead author) etc:	Cognitive behavioural therapy in addition to antispasmodic therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: a randomised controlled trial (Kennedy) 84 pages, Volume 10, number 19
DOI	10.3310/hta10190
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Headline:	The trial found that specially trained practice nurses can provide effective cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to primary care patients with a clinical diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, however CBT does not reduce service or social costs. It was also found that the beneficial therapeutic effects of the addition of CBT to antispasmodic therapy persist for up to 6 months.
Project ref:	96/13/04
Original project title:	Cognitive behavioural therapy versus antispasmodic therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care
Chief Investigator:	Dr Thomas Kennedy, General Practitioner, General Practice, Gorey Family Practice
Start Date:	February 1999
Date of publication in HTA journal series	June 2006
Cost:	£358,453
MeSH* index primary terms:	COLONIC-DISEASES-FUNCTIONAL Q-psychology; COLONIC-DISEASES-FUNCTIONAL Q-therapy; ADAPTATION-PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRIMARY-HEALTH-CARE Q-economics; MEBEVERINE-HYDROCHLORIDE Q-economics; MEBEVERINE-HYDROCHLORIDE Q-therapeutic-use; COGNITIVE-THERAPY Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	COLONIC-DISEASES Q-drug-therapy; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; HUMAN (* = Medical Subject Headings)
ISRCTN* number:	ISRCTN 51405816 (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN51405816*
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484035674 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
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