Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Over 18,000 Irish people are affected by the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn\'s disease and ulcerative colitis. These illnesses often arise at a young age and can be associated with significant physical disability. In addition, there is considerable psychosocial disability associated with IBD. Previous studies have suggested that simple psychological interventions may be valuable in improving quality of life and may even improve disease activity. However, there has been no comprehensive trial to determine the precise effect of psychological interventions on quality of life (QOL), stress or disease activity. Our aim is to conduct a randomised controlled trial of a simple psychological intervention to determine it\'s effect on QOL and stress