NCT01774695

Physical Activity in IBS - a Long Term Follow up

An Intervention to Improve Physical Activity in IBS Patients Has Long Term Positive Effects

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sahlgrenska University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Increased physical activity has in the investigators recent study been shown to improve symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aim of this study was to assess the long term effects of the investigators previous intervention in IBS patients to improve physical activity. The investigators aimed to assess the long term effects on IBS symptoms as well as quality of life, fatigue, depression and anxiety.

Detailed description

86 patients who had been included in the investigators previous study "Physical Activity Improves Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial" were contacted and asked to participate in a long term follow up 5 years after the previous study. The subjects attended one visit at which they underwent a bicycle ergometer test to calculate the oxygen uptake and filled out questionnaires.

Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Increased physical activity	The subjects were encouraged to increase their level of physical activity for 12 weeks in the previous study. The advice was individual but was based on the recommendations of the Swedish National Institute of health. The recommendation for increasing cardiorespiratory fitness is 20-60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensive physical activity 3 to 5 days per week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-09-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2013-01-24
• Last updated: 2013-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden