Use of complementary and alternative medicine and low quality of life associate with the need for psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions in inflammatory bowel disease.
Maximilian KutscheraThomas WaldhörHans Peter GröchenigThomas HaasHeimo WenzlPius SteinerRobert KochThomas FeichtenschlagerGerald EckhardtAndreas MayerAndreas KirchgattererOthmar LudwiczekReingard PlatzerPavol PapayJohanna GartnerHarry FuchssteinerPaul-Gerhard PetersGerhard ReichtGabriele MoserClemens DejacoHarald VogelsangChristian PrimasGottfried NovacekWolfgang Miehslernull nullPublished in: United European gastroenterology journal (2021)
About 30% of the Austrian IBD patients expressed a need for integrated psychosomatic support and/or psychotherapy. The most important indicators for this need were the use of complementary and alternative medicine and low quality of life.