Patient-evaluated effect of homeopathic treatment

Abstract

A non-controlled prospective observational study on 1100 new patients attending 80 homeopaths in Norway is proposed. The patients were asked at their ®rst visit which complaints they sought help for, and how these complaints affected their daily living, scored on a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS). They were also asked to score their wellbeing on a VAS. After 6 months the patients were sent a follow-up form by mail asking how the complaints affected their daily living now, and how their wellbeing was. The inclusion of patients was done from November 1996 to May 1998, and the last follow-up was in December 1998.