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Psychological Intervention for Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Summary
The investigators would like to evaluate the effect of a multicomponent psychological treatment on fatigue as a symptom of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The intervention will be a combined program consisting of a psychological intervention (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and a behavioral intervention (implementation of frequent short naps and graded increase of physical activity). Next to the hypothesized effect on fatigue, the investigators will also measure the effect on fatigability, IBD related disability, anxiety, depression, stress, disease acceptance and perceived control as well as (biomarkers of) disease activity.
Official title: Psychological Intervention for Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 70 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
155
Start Date
2025-09-01
Completion Date
2027-10-30
Last Updated
2025-03-10
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Multicomponent psychological intervention
The multicomponent intervention starts with 8 sessions of ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy) once a week. After four weeks, patients start with graded activity and frequent napping. After eight weeks in the intervention period, patients will have consults with an IBD psychologist every two weeks. The intervention period is 14 weeks in total.
Early start
Patients in the early group immediately start with the multicomponent psychological intervention
Late start (after 28 weeks)
Patients in the late intervention group will wait 28 weeks before starting the intervention