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A comparison of a short nurse-based and a long multidisciplinary version of structured patient education in irritable bowel syndrome . OBJECTIVE Structured multidisciplinary patient group education has positive effects on symptoms , health-related quality of life , and disease-related knowledge in patients with irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS ) , but few studies comparing different forms of educational interventions are available . Our aim was to compare the effects of long multidisciplinary group education with a short nurse-based group education with regard to symptoms , knowledge , quality of life , and satisfaction with the intervention in IBS patients . METHODS Patients with IBS according to the Rome II criteria were randomized to either short nurse-based or a long multidisciplinary-based education . The effects were evaluated by self-administered questionnaires at 3 , 6 , and 12 months after baseline , and compared between the groups . RESULTS No differences in effects were detected in the between-group comparisons at any of the follow-up assessments . However , positive effects on symptoms , knowledge , quality of life , and satisfaction with the intervention were found in both the short and the long version . CONCLUSION A short , nurse-based educational intervention seems to be as efficacious as a longer multidisciplinary version . In both groups , positive effects on patients ' well-being were found to a similar extent . This is an important finding that , from a cost-effective perspective , could contribute toward an optimized management of patients with IBS .
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short nurse-based and a long multidisciplinary version of structured patient education
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Structured multidisciplinary patient group education
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long multidisciplinary group education
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short nurse-based group education
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short nurse-based or a long multidisciplinary-based education .
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self-administered questionnaires
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short , nurse-based educational intervention
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longer multidisciplinary
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symptoms
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knowledge
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quality of life
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Outcome_Other
satisfaction
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irritable bowel syndrome .
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IBS patients .