Effects of homeopathic treatment on pruritus of haemodialysis patients: a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trial
| Autor: | Leandro Rocha, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon, R Carillo, L U O Lima, A M S Cavalcanti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Placebo law.invention Double blind Double-Blind Method Randomized controlled trial Renal Dialysis law Statistical significance Internal medicine medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Plant Extracts business.industry Pruritus Homeopathic treatment Homeopathy Middle Aged Surgery Clinical trial Treatment Outcome Complementary and alternative medicine Kidney Failure Chronic Female business Brazil Phytotherapy |
| Zdroj: | Homeopathy. 92:177-181 |
| ISSN: | 1475-4916 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.homp.2003.07.002 |
| Popis: | Pruritus is a frequent and difficult to treat problem in haemodialysis. This double-blind placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial assessed the role of homeopathic treatment in this situation. The code was held by the pharmacist who dispensed the medications. Pruritus was evaluated using a previously published scale. Only patients with initial values above 25% of maximum pruritus score were entered. Data were analysed after partial code break, separating the two groups of patients, but with no awareness of which one received verum or placebo. Patients were classified as responders if they had >50% reduction of pruritus score. Twenty-eight patients (16M/12F, 51 +/- 11 years of age) were entered and 20 (12M/8F, 52 +/- 8 years of age) remained for final analysis: 11 in the verum group, 9 in placebo. At entry, the mean pruritus score was 65 +/- 25% for the treated patients and 70 +/- 27% for placebo. After 15, 30, 45, and 60 days of follow-up, pruritus score were respectively: 46 +/- 29, 41 +/- 30, 42 +/- 29, and 38 +/- 33 for the treated patients and 61 +/- 29, 67 +/- 31, 64 +/- 35, and 57 +/- 39 for placebo. Reduction was statistically significant (P |
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