Development of psychological scales to measure the gastrointestinal symptoms specific anxiety

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530876
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: SAIGO Tatsuo 長崎大学, 保健・医療推進センター, 技術職員 (50622255)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAYAMA Jun 長崎大学, 保健・医療推進センター, 准教授 (10468324) ; TOMIIE Tadaaki 北海道医療大学, 心理科学部, 教授 (50336286) ; HAMAGUCHI Toyohiro 埼玉県立大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 教授 (80296186) ; HAYASHIDA Masaki 長崎大学, 保健・医療推進センター, 准教授 (70264223)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 過敏性腸症候群 / 認知行動療法 / 不安 / 心理尺度 / 心身相関 / 脳腸相関

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, we report our newly developed Japanese version of the VSI (VSI-J) measuring gastrointestinal symptoms specific anxiety (GSA) and test its validity and reliability. As a result, the scale was found to be reliable and valid in a manner consistent with the original VSI. Further, VSI-J was a significant predictor of QOL on the IBSB-QOL. These results suggested that VSI-J may now be used to better assess the impact of interventions targeting the reduction of GSA in Japanese patients with IBS.

Free Research Field

心身医学