An online mind-body program improves mental health and quality of life in primary biliary cholangitis: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

People with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) experience high rates of mental distress and fatigue despite standard of care therapy. We aimed to assess the impact of an online mind-body intervention on these symptoms.

Methods

This 12-week RCT used sequential mixed-methods evaluation. Alongside standard of care, participants with primary biliary cholangitis were randomized to receive weekly countdown emails, or the intervention consisting of (i) a weekly 20-30 minute-mind-body follow-along video, (ii) weekly 5-10-minute psychology-based "managing chronic disease skills videos," and (iii) 10-minute telephone check-ins. The primary outcome was a change in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Secondary outcomes evaluated changes in fatigue, perce

SUBMITTER: Watt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10629740 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature