Reviewer's report
Title:Development of an educational intervention for patients with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) - a pilot study.
Version: 1Date:19 August 2008
Reviewer: Stefan A Mueller-Lissner
Reviewer's report:
My reviewers comment is as follows:
" An intensive program was developed to teach IBS patients about causes,
pathophysiology, prognosis, and management of their disorder. Twelve patients
completed the program. They felt much better and rated the teaching program
positive over the observation period of 12 months.
* This is an interesting teaching program confirming similar but less intense
approaches. As the authors themselves state more objective data such as health
care expenditures during follow-up should be obtained in a larger and controlled
trial.
* The reference list with 60 titles seems unduly long."
Reviewer's report
Title:Development of an educational intervention for patients with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) - a pilot study.
Version: 1Date:19 August 2008
Reviewer: Stefan A Mueller-Lissner
Reviewer's report:
My reviewers comment is as follows:
" An intensive program was developed to teach IBS patients about causes,
pathophysiology, prognosis, and management of their disorder. Twelve patients
completed the program. They felt much better and rated the teaching program
positive over the observation period of 12 months.
* This is an interesting teaching program confirming similar but less intense
approaches. As the authors themselves state more objective data such as health
care expenditures during follow-up should be obtained in a larger and controlled
trial.
* The reference list with 60 titles seems unduly long."
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Reviewer's report
Title:Development of an educational intervention for patients with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) - a pilot study.
Version: 1Date:19 August 2008
Reviewer: Stefan A Mueller-Lissner
Reviewer's report:
My reviewers comment is as follows:
" An intensive program was developed to teach IBS patients about causes,
pathophysiology, prognosis, and management of their disorder. Twelve patients
completed the program. They felt much better and rated the teaching program
positive over the observation period of 12 months.
* This is an interesting teaching program confirming similar but less intense
approaches. As the authors themselves state more objective data such as health
care expenditures during follow-up should be obtained in a larger and controlled
trial.
* The reference list with 60 titles seems unduly long."
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