The effectiveness of therapy based on the acceptance and commitment in reducing the pain intensity in patients suffering from functional gastrointestinal syndrome

Abstract

Functional gastrointestinal syndrome is a common disorder characterized by frequent symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract. Suffering from functional gastrointestinal tract syndrome causes several mental disorders in the affected person. To this end, the purpose of this study is to use therapy based on the acceptance and commitment to improve the severity of pain experience in these patients. In this study with semi-experimental approach, 30 women were selected through available sampling method from all women with functional gastrointestinal disorders in Isfahan city, who had referred to Isfahan health center clinic. Then all of the subjects completed the McGill pain questionnaire and then it was performed on the admission and commitment treatment group, at 8-sessions. Analysis of the findings by using covariance test showed that there is a significant difference between test and control groups in the pain experience at a significant level of 0.05 (P < 0.05). The chronic course of the disease is associated with significant psychological discomfort, social and occupational dysfunction and extreme behavior in seeking medical assistance. Training or therapy programs based on the improvement of pain experience can reduce the pain of these patients and prevent imposing the extra expenses for treatment.