TY - JOUR JF - iau-tmuj JO - MEDICAL SCIENCES VL - 27 IS - 3 PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/9/01 TI - Efficacy of music therapy on anxiety and diarrhea among patients with irritable bowel syndrome TT - اثربخشی موسیقی درمانی بر اضطراب و اسهال زنان مبتلا به سندرم روده تحریک پذیر N2 - Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most prevalent disease worldwide and it is considered as a stress- related disorder. Currently, music therapy is used for many somatic and psychological disorders. In this study, we evaluated efficacy of music therapy on anxiety and diarrhea among patients with IBS. Materials and methods: In this quasi experimental study, 80 female IBS patients with age of 30-45 years were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention (n=40) and control (n=40). Two groups continued drugs prescribed by physician. Intervention group received music therapy in groups of 8-10 people. Immediately before and at the end of study, all patients fulfilled Beck anxiety inventory and were asked for frequency of diarrhea. Data were analysed by ANCOVA using SPSS-ver20 software. P SP - 194 EP - 200 AU - Arvand, Jinous AU - Sakhayi, Ashraf AU - Jadidi, Hooshang AD - PhD of Consultation, Department of Psychology KW - Irritable bowel syndrome KW - Music therapy KW - Anxiety KW - Diarrhea. UR - http://tmuj.iautmu.ac.ir/article-1-1298-en.html ER -