Changes in Psychological States During Instrumented Biofeedback for Dyssynergic Defaecation and Fecal Incontinence Are Associated With Changes in Patient‐Reported Outcomes
Michael P Jones, Yoav Mazor, Alissa Beath, Gillian Prott, Carol Sequeira, Allison Malcolm · 2026
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Michael Jones and co-authors explore a 2026 question about a therapy for bowel control problems: does the mind change as the body learns? The therapy, instrumented biofeedback, teaches patients to coordinate the muscles used in defecation. It helps both chronic constipation from that coordination fault and fecal incontinence. Since the therapy works by learning, its gains may run through thought and drive.
The team followed one hundred thirty-five patients at a specialist hospital clinic. They measured a range of mental traits, from thinking habits to emotion control, as care went on. They then tested whether shifts in those traits lined up with shifts in the outcomes patients reported. Proof of such a link would show that the therapy's power rests in part on mental change, and could help clinics support that change.
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| CREATOR | Michael P Jones, Yoav Mazor, Alissa Beath, Gillian Prott, Carol Sequeira, Allison Malcolm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |