摘要:一项医学研究发现,一种结合瑜伽静坐动作并辅以冥想的疗法可显著降低或减缓肠易激综合征的发病频率与症状。
美国北卡罗来纳大学研究者经由对比组试验发现,患者在连续接受静坐疗法3个月后,肠易激综合征有明显改善。与接受传统疗法的试验组相比,静坐疗法不仅大大降低发病频率,而且减轻发病症状。
路透社6月30日引用发表于《美国胃肠病学期刊》的研究报告结论说,对比试验证明,静坐冥想确实有助于治疗肠易激综合征。
肠易激综合征是一种青壮年常见的功能性肠道疾病,在欧洲地区发病率高达10%至20%。常见症状包括腹痛、腹胀、不规律排便、大便性状异常等,通常会反复发作,病因尚不明确。
“对患者随机分组、施以不同疗法、加以对比后,我们发现,静坐冥想训练对肠易激综合征产生本质疗效,提高生活质量,减轻患者压力,”报告撰写者苏珊·盖洛德说。
报告介绍,静坐综合疗法的方法是,以盘膝静坐为基本形态,辅以简单的瑜伽坐姿动作,其间,训练者需集中注意力,正念冥想,目光可来回扫视全身。
参与研究的美国马里兰大学综合医学中心教育主管德利娅·基亚拉蒙特建议肠易激综合征患者应当练习这一“100%安全的疗法”,可根据自身特点制定长期训练方案。
生物探索推荐英文论文摘要:
Mindfulness Training Reduces the Severity of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Women: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
OBJECTIVES:
This prospective, randomized controlled trial explored the feasibility and efficacy of a group program of mindfulness training, a cognitive-behavioral technique, for women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The technique involves training in intentionally attending to present-moment experience and non-judgmental awareness of body sensations and emotions.
METHODS:
Seventy-five female IBS patients were randomly assigned to eight weekly and one half-day intensive sessions of either mindfulness group (MG) training or a support group (SG). Participants completed the IBS severity scale (primary outcome), IBS-quality of life, brief symptom inventory-18, visceral sensitivity index, treatment credibility scale, and five-facet mindfulness questionnaire before and after treatment and at 3-month follow-up.
RESULTS:
Women in the MG showed greater reductions in IBS symptom severity immediately after training (26.4% vs. 6.2% reduction; P=0.006) and at 3-month follow-up (38.2% vs. 11.8%; P=0.001) relative to SG. Changes in quality of life, psychological distress, and visceral anxiety were not significantly different between groups immediately after treatment, but evidenced significantly greater improvements in the MG than in the SG at the 3-month follow-up. Mindfulness scores increased significantly more in the MG after treatment, confirming effective learning of mindfulness skills. Participants’ ratings of the credibility of their assigned interventions, measured after the first group session, were not different between groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
This randomized controlled trial demonstrated that mindfulness training has a substantial therapeutic effect on bowel symptom severity, improves health-related quality of life, and reduces distress. The beneficial effects persist for at least 3 months after group training.