Data Collection during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Experience, Resulting in a Bayesian Repertory.

Autor:	Rutten L; Independent Researcher, Breda, the Netherlands., Smedley T; Independent Researcher, United Kingdom., Ives G; Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom., Gold P; American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH), United States., Merizalde B; Department of Integrative Medicine and Scientific Nutrition, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia; Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis (LMHI), United States., van Haselen R; International Institute for Integrated Medicine, Kingston, United Kingdom., Manchanda RK; Directorate of AYUSH, Govt. of Delhi, India., Ross A; Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa., Cataldi G; Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis (LMHI), Argentina., Agaoglu A; Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis (LMHI), Turkey., di Giampietro T; European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH), Italy., Lilas T; Vithoulkas Compass, Greece., Schroyens F; ZEUS-SOFT, Belgium., Eizayaga JE; Department of Homeopathy, Maimonides University, Argentina.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy [Homeopathy] 2021 May; Vol. 110 (2), pp. 94-101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 04.
DOI:	10.1055/s-0040-1718583
Abstrakt:	Background: A novel pandemic disease offered the opportunity to create new, disease-specific, symptom rubrics for the homeopathic repertory. Objective: The aim of this study was to discover the relationship between specific symptoms and specific medicines, especially of symptoms occurring frequently in this disease. Materials and Methods: Worldwide collection of data in all possible formats by various parties was coordinated by the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis. As the data came in, more symptoms were assessed prospectively. Frequent analysis and feedback by electronic newsletters were used to improve the quality of the data. Likelihood ratios (LRs) of symptoms were calculated. An algorithm for combining symptom LRs was programmed and published in the form of an app. The app was tested against 18 well-described successful cases from Hong Kong. Results: LRs of common symptoms such as 'Fatigue' and 'Headache' provided better differentiation between medicines than did existing repertory entries, which are based only on the narrow presence or absence of symptoms. A mini-repertory for COVID-19 symptoms was published and supported by a web-based algorithm. With a choice of 20 common symptoms, this algorithm produced the same outcome as a full homeopathic analysis based upon a larger number of symptoms, including some that are traditionally considered more specific to particular medicines. Conclusion: A repertory based on clinical data and LRs can differentiate between homeopathic medicines using a limited number of frequently occurring epidemic symptoms. A Bayesian computer algorithm to combine symptoms can complement a full homeopathic analysis of cases. Competing Interests: T. Smedley reports personal fees from LMHI Germany, during the conduct of the study, including his expenses for domain registration of the app. Dr. Gold serves as a consultant to Washington Homeopathic Products. Dr. Schroyens reports personal fees from Zeus Soft sprl, during the conduct of the study. Other authors report no conflict of interest. (Faculty of Homeopathy. This article is published by Thieme.)
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