Many patients say their functional gastrointestinal disorders improve with a combination of adjunctive strategies, including dietary changes and biofeedback. Now they have some rigorous evidence to back up those beliefs.
A prospective randomized trial found that a multidisciplinary approach “was superior for global symptoms, improvement in specific functional symptoms, psychological state, quality of life, and cost” to care from a gastroenterologist alone, said Chamara Basnayake,