Body awareness therapy: A new strategy for relief of symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients

Table 2 Body awareness scale (BAS-H)

Group	0 wk		12 wk		24 wk
Category	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)
BASobs
AHC totally	1.5	2 (2)d
Grounding	1.5	2 (2)d
Mid-line	2.1	2 (2)d
Centring	2.1	2 (1)d
Flow	1.5	1 (2)d
Respiration	1.4	2 (2)d
Boundaries	0.5	0(0)
IBS totally	2.3	2 (4)	1.8	2 (3)d	1.7	2 (3)d
Grounding	2.3	2 (2)	2.2	2 (2)	2.0	2 (1)a
Mid-line	2.9	3 (2)	2.4	2 (3)b	2.1	2 (2)d
Centring	2.9	3 (2)	2.4	2 (1)d	2.0	2 (2)d
Flow	2.4	2 (4)	2.0	2 (3)a	1.8	2 (3)d
Respiration	3.6	4 (1)	2.7	3 (2)d	2.4	2 (1)d
Boundaries	0.9	0 (2)	0.7	0 (0)a	0.6	0 (0)b
BASself
AHC totally	1.6	2 (2)d
Grounding	0.8	0 (2)b
Mid-line	1.6	2 (2)d
Centring	1.3	0 (2)
Flow	2.1	2 (4)d
Respiration	1.0	0 (2)d
Boundaries	1.7	2 (3)b
IBS totally	2.4	2 (4)	2.1	2 (4)d	1.7	2 (3)d
Grounding	1.7	2 (3)	1.5	2 (2)	0.9	0 (2)d
Mid-line	2.8	3 (4)	2.4	2 (4)	2.0	2 (4)b
Centring	1.5	2 (2)	1.1	0 (4)	0.7	0 (2)b
Flow	3.4	4 (4)	3.4	4 (4)	2.8	3 (3)a
Respiration	2.7	2 (4)	2.0	2 (4)a	1.6	2 (2)b
Boundaries	2.3	2 (4)	2.0	2 (3)b	1.7	2 (2)d

Results from the test BASobs and BASself for 21 apparently healthy controls and 21 IBS patients at 0, 12 and 24 wk. The result is shown totally and as items categorized. The higher the score is, the more the symptoms are. M denotes mean, Md: median; IQR: inter quartile range; AHC: apparently healthy controls.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01,

^dP < 0.001 vs IBS patients at 0 wk.