TY - JOUR AU - Ljótsson, Brjánn AU - Andersson, Erik AU - Lindfors, Perjohan AU - Lackner, Jeffrey M. AU - Grönberg, Karin AU - Molin, Katarina AU - Norén, Johanna AU - Romberg, Karin AU - Andersson, Evelyn AU - Hursti, Timo AU - Hesser, Hugo AU - Hedman, Erik PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/19 TI - Prediction of symptomatic improvement after exposure-based treatment for irritable bowel syndrome JO - BMC Gastroenterology SP - 160 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Several studies show that psychological treatments relieve symptoms for patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, there are no consistent findings that show what patient characteristics make a psychological treatment more or less likely to result in improvement. We have previously conducted a study of a newly developed internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) that emphasized exposure to IBS symptoms and IBS-related situations and reduced symptom-related avoidance. The study showed that the treatment led to improvement in IBS symptoms compared to a waiting list and that treatment gains were maintained over a 15–18 month follow-up period. The aim of the present study was to investigate several possible predictors of short- and long-term treatment outcome in terms of symptom improvement, based on data collected in the previously conducted treatment trial. SN - 1471-230X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-13-160 DO - 10.1186/1471-230X-13-160 ID - Ljótsson2013 ER -