Unadjusted data was not statistically significant .
The other problems of psychological intervention included low recruitment and high drop out rate , which has been shown to be greater in patients receiving group therapy .
There is insufficient evidence from this review to confirm the efficacy of psychological intervention in NUD
BACKGROUND Studies have also shown that non-ulcer dyspepsia ( NUD ) patients have higher scores of anxiety , depression , neurotism , chronic tension , hostility , hypochondriasis and tendency to be more pessimistic when compared with the community controls .
However , the role of psychological interventions in NUD remains uncertain .
OBJECTIVES This review aims to determine the effectiveness of psychological interventions including psychotherapy , psychodrama , cognitive behavioural therapy , relaxation therapy and hypnosis in the improvement of either individual or global dyspepsia symptom scores and quality of life scores in patients with NUD .
What are the real problems for patients with functional dyspepsia?
BACKGROUND Patients with functional dyspepsia ( FD ) have more complaints than just the dyspepsia . METHOD One hundred FD patients were assessed with regard to psychologic , medical , and social factors , before r and omization , in a study of cognitive therapy . They were asked to list their main problem areas or ' target complaints ' . RESULTS Dyspepsia was the third most frequent target complaint ( 26 patients ) , and anxiety was the most frequent one ( 65 patients ) . Patients identifying dyspepsia as a target complaint differed from the other FD patients in several aspects . They had significantly more dyspeptic symptoms ( p < 0.05 ) and scored significantly higher on multiple somatic complaints ( p = 0.001 ) , depression ( p = 0.025 ) , general psychopathology ( p = 0.043 ) , the global assessment scale ( p = 0.001 ) , and the General Health Question naire ( p = 0.040 ) . However , they did not have more somatic predisposing factors like consumption of alcohol and coffee or infection with Helicobacter pylori than the patients with other target complaints . CONCLUSIONS Anxiety and not dyspepsia was the most frequent target complaint , and patients who identified dyspepsia as a target complaint did not have more somatic predisposing factors
Unadjusted data was not statistically significant .
The other problems of psychological intervention included low recruitment and high drop out rate , which has been shown to be greater in patients receiving group therapy .
There is insufficient evidence from this review to confirm the efficacy of psychological intervention in NUD
BACKGROUND Studies have also shown that non-ulcer dyspepsia ( NUD ) patients have higher scores of anxiety , depression , neurotism , chronic tension , hostility , hypochondriasis and tendency to be more pessimistic when compared with the community controls .
However , the role of psychological interventions in NUD remains uncertain .
OBJECTIVES This review aims to determine the effectiveness of psychological interventions including psychotherapy , psychodrama , cognitive behavioural therapy , relaxation therapy and hypnosis in the improvement of either individual or global dyspepsia symptom scores and quality of life scores in patients with NUD .