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Study aim
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Determining the effect of therapeutic intervention of lifestyle modification and dietary change on the quality of life and anxiety and depression in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
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Design
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A clinical trial, before and after comparison, without a control group, an intervention group with a sample size of 55 patients by available sampling method, phase 2, unblinded. Randomization does not apply at this study
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Settings and conduct
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Before and after study in the field of psychiatry and gastroenterology. 55 patients with irritable bowel syndrome, male and female, aged 15 to 65 years in the gastrointestinal clinic of Taleghani Hospital in Tehran, with available sampling and obtaining consent. First, patients completed the Beck Anxiety and Depression Standard Questionnaire, the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms Severity Questionnaire, and the Quality of Life Questionnaire. After training by a nutritionist and psychologist and performing two months of lifestyle and diet modification intervention, the above questionnaires were completed again.Blindness does not apply at this study
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Patients with IBS who consent to participate in the scheme. Patients who do not follow the therapeutic intervention or are treated for psychiatric disorders will be excluded from the study.
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Intervention groups
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IBS patients After an initial evaluation with standard questionnaires for quality of life, anxiety, depression, and IBS symptoms severity, Lifestyle modification intervention was performed. (Interventions include adequate physical activity training as 150 minutes per week, medium speed walking, no smoking and alcohol, and low FODMAP diet). After the intervention period of 2 months, patients were re-evaluated with the above questionnaires.
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Main outcome variables
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Severity of gastrointestinal symptoms, quality of life, anxiety and depression