This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity, also eligible for MOC credit, on page e16 (https://www. gastrojournal.org/cme/home). Learning Objective: Upon completion of this CME activity, successful learners will be able to (1) evaluate the potential impact of psychological interventions on psychological disability in patient with inflammatory bowel disease and (2) identify current limitations associated with treatments. Gastroenterology 2019;156:935-945 CLINICAL AT period (all P values >.05). Hair cortisol concentrations correlated with stress (r s ¼ 0.205, P ¼ .050) and anxiety (r s ¼ 0.208, P ¼ .046) at baseline but did not change significantly in the ACT group over the study period compared with the control group (P ¼ .831). CONCLUSION: In a randomized controlled trial of patients with IBD, an 8-week ACT therapy course improved stress and other indices of psychological health.ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02350920.
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