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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 27 May 2013
Main ID:  NTR980
Date of registration: 21/05/2007
Primary sponsor: Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg (NIVEL)
Public title: Stimulating self-management in irritable bowel syndrome through web-based interactive technology
Scientific title: Stimulating self-management in irritable bowel syndrome through web-based interactive technology - PDS self-management
Date of first enrolment: 1/11/2006
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: recruiting
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=980
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: [default]; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: M.   Morren
Address:  NIVEL, Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg Postbus 1568 3500 BN Utrecht The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 30-2729700
Email: m.morren@nivel.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: M.   Morren
Address:  NIVEL, Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg Postbus 1568 3500 BN Utrecht The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 30-2729700
Email: m.morren@nivel.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. IBS for at least three months;
2. Age between 18 and 65 years

Exclusion criteria: 1. sufficient command of Dutch language
2. No visual handicap
3. Concomitant or previous psychotherapeutic treatment


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Selfmanagement, Irritable bowel syndrome, Information and communication technology, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Intervention(s)
Standard care (control condition) + 4 daily electronic diaries during 5 weeks following ABA design (experimental condition):
- 1 week baseline
- a psychologist on 4 daily diaries
- 1 week follow-up
Primary Outcome(s)
IBS-severity, measured by
1. IBS Rome III criteria list
2. abdominal pain
3. secondary gastrointestinal complaints (diarrhea, constipation, flatulence, belching, abdominal rumbling and distension)
All administered at baseline and at 12 weeks; all except (1) also at 5 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Quality of life (IBS Quality of Life)
2. Daily functioning (SF-12)
3. Cognitions (Cognitive Scale ? Functional Bowel Disorders)
4. Pijnattributies (Pain Cognition Scale)
All administered at baseline (0 weeks), 5 weeks, and 12 weeks.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN09185998
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Maag Lever Darm Stichting (MLDS)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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