Relaxation Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review Seong-Hi Park, PhD, RN, Kuem Sun Han, PhD, RN, Chang-Bum Kang, PhD Asian Nursing Research Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 182-192 (September 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001 Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram of study selection. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Assessment of risk of bias in selected studies. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Comparing outcomes of relaxation therapy versus control: (A) Improved irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom. (B) Total IBS symptom severity score. (C) Abdominal pain frequency in IBS symptom severity score. (D) Dissatisfaction with bowel habit in IBS symptom severity score. (E) Bloating in IBS symptom severity score. (F) Anxiety. (G) Quality of life. Note. CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Comparing outcomes of relaxation therapy versus control: (A) Improved irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom. (B) Total IBS symptom severity score. (C) Abdominal pain frequency in IBS symptom severity score. (D) Dissatisfaction with bowel habit in IBS symptom severity score. (E) Bloating in IBS symptom severity score. (F) Anxiety. (G) Quality of life. Note. CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Comparing outcomes of relaxation therapy versus control: (A) Improved irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom. (B) Total IBS symptom severity score. (C) Abdominal pain frequency in IBS symptom severity score. (D) Dissatisfaction with bowel habit in IBS symptom severity score. (E) Bloating in IBS symptom severity score. (F) Anxiety. (G) Quality of life. Note. CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Funnel plot of selected studies for effect size extraction: (A) Improved IBS symptoms. (B) IBS symptom severity score. (C) Anxiety. (D) Quality of Life. Asian Nursing Research 2014 8, 182-192DOI: (10.1016/j.anr.2014.07.001) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions