Effect of five-tone therapy of traditional Chinese medicine on nursing care of patients with irritable bowel syndrome / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) five-tone therapy on nursing care of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Methods By convenience sampling,a study was conducted among 100 patients with IBS.The patients were randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group,each group consisted of 50 patients.Patients in two groups were both treated with conventional drug and routine nursing care,but patients in the intervention group were intervened by TCM five-tone therapy for 3 months.Clinical efficiency of patients in two groups were assessed by Symptoms Check List-90 (SCL-90),Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD)before treatment and after 12-week treatment.Results The clinical efficiency in the control group and intervention group were 60％ (30/50) and 84％ (42/50) after intervention (P＜0.05).The scores of HAMA and HAMD after TCM five-tone therapy intervened were (5.24±1.15)points and (5.21±1.63) points,which were lower than the control group (8.32±1.42)points and (7.64±1.96) points (P＜0.05).The intervention group was scored lower than the control group in SCL-90 (P＜0.05).Conclusions TCM five-tone therapy may be more effective in decreasing the depression and anxiety of patients with IBS and alleviating their abdominal symptoms.