Boston University School of Medicine is doing an online study about writing in Irritable Bowel Syndromes patients.

The purpose of our study is to research the effects of writing on the management of irritable bowel syndrome.

The study involves:
• Writing for 30 minutes a day for 4 consecutive days
• Completing questionnaires at the beginning of the study, immediately after your last writing, and at 1 and 3 months after writing.

Requirements to participate:
• You must be 18 – 65 years old
• You must be diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome by a physician
• You must live in the United States

Compensation:
• You will be paid $25 to participate in the study
• You will receive your payments in $5, $10, $10 installments
• You will need to complete all components of the study to receive payment

Confidentiality:
• We take every precaution to protect the information you provide us in this study
• All information you provide will be kept confidential and is only accessible by research staff and the Office of Clinical Research at Boston University Medical Center

If you are interested in our study, please complete the following:
• Read and initial our online consent form
• Complete a short application to participate

Once we receive the application and provided your symptoms match the study criteria, we will email you your login and password back within 1-3 days.

Questions? If you have any questions or concerns regarding our research study, please contact us at ibs.study@bmc.org or 617-638-6579.