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| Title |
Homeopathic treatment of multimorbid patients: a prospective outcome study with polarity analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Homeopathy, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.homp.2014.09.001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Heiner Frei |
| Abstract |
The treatment of multimorbid patients who have a combination of three or more concurrent complaints is one of the core competencies of homeopathy. In this article we introduce the application of polarity analysis (PA) in multimorbidity. PA came to prominence through the Swiss homeopathic ADHD double-blind study, which successfully demonstrated a significant difference between highly dilute homeopathic remedies and placebo. PA enables homeopaths to calculate a relative healing probability, based on Boenninghausen's grading of polar symptoms. After its evaluation in the treatment of a variety of acute and chronic disease, which showed improved results compared to a conventional homeopathic approach, it was a challenge to test PA with multimorbid patients. Since such patients almost invariably have a multiple symptoms, the question was whether we can nevertheless successfully use Polarity Analysis or whether the method is rendered ineffective by the multitude of symptoms. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 37 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 16% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| France | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 3% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 18 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 84% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 11% |
| Scientists | 2 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 53 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 34% |
| Researcher | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Professor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2018.
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#45
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