Steinsbekk Aslak, Fønnebø Vinjar, Lewith George, Bentzen Niels
Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), MTFS, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway.
Complement Ther Med. 2005 Dec;13(4):231-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.06.007. Epub 2005 Oct 18.
To investigate whether individualised treatment by homeopaths is effective in preventing childhood upper respiratory tract infection (URTI).
Open, pragmatic, randomised parallel-group trial with waiting-list group as control. One hundred and sixty-nine children below the age of 10 years, recruited by post from children previously diagnosed with URTI, were randomly assigned to receive either pragmatic homeopathic care from one of five homeopaths for 12 weeks or to a waiting-list control using self-selected, conventional health care.
There was a significant difference in median total symptom score in favour of homeopathic care (24 points) compared to the control group (44 points) (p = 0.026). The difference in the median number of days with URTI symptoms was statistically significant with 8 days in the homeopathic group and 13 days in the control group (p = 0.006). There was no statistical difference in the use of conventional medication or care between the two groups.
In this study, there was a clinically relevant effect of individualised homeopathic care in the prevention of URTI in children.
探讨顺势疗法医生的个体化治疗在预防儿童上呼吸道感染（URTI）方面是否有效。
采用开放、实用、随机平行组试验，以候补名单组作为对照。通过邮寄方式从先前被诊断为URTI的儿童中招募了169名10岁以下儿童，将其随机分配，一组接受来自五位顺势疗法医生之一的实用顺势疗法护理，为期12周；另一组作为候补名单对照组，采用自行选择的传统医疗保健方式。
与对照组（44分）相比，顺势疗法护理组的总症状评分中位数有显著差异，有利于顺势疗法护理组（24分）（p = 0.026）。URTI症状天数的中位数差异具有统计学意义，顺势疗法组为8天，对照组为13天（p = 0.006）。两组在使用传统药物或护理方面无统计学差异。
在本研究中，个体化顺势疗法护理在预防儿童URTI方面具有临床相关效果。
