Dietary treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: a pathway to disordered eating? A pilot study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Irritable bowel syndrome
Disordered eating
Oral and Gastrointestinal - Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon
Mental Health - Eating disorders

Registration Number: ACTRN12624000340538

Lead Sponsor: Swinburne University of Technology

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

•Males and females aged 18 years and older
•Meet the Rome IV criteria for IBS (all subtypes)
•Not have previously undertaken dietary interventions
•Stable medications and psychological therapies for their gastrointestinal symptoms for at least 8-weeks.
•Proficient in English
•Based on clinical assessment by the provisional psychologist, not meet the DIAMOND Criteria for disordered eating at baseline.

Exclusion Criteria

•Mild IBS symptoms (score <75 on the IBS-SSS)
•Known history of other gastrointestinal conditions or an eating disorder
•Taking psychotropic medications
•Taken antibiotics or probiotics in the past 4 weeks.
•Meet disordered eating criteria at baseline as per clinical assessment.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary aim: assess the number of participants classified as meeting disordered eating criteria based on a provisional psychologist’s clinical assessment following the intervention. [Provisional psychologist’s clinical assessment using a semi-structured diagnostic interview utilising the Diagnostic Interview for Anxiety, Mood, and OCD and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders (DIAMOND) At 6 weeks from the start of the FODMAP diet]

Secondary Outcome Measures