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Homeopathic medicines for prevention of influenza and acute respiratory tract infections in children: blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Overview of attention for article published in Homeopathy, August 2015
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Title
Homeopathic medicines for prevention of influenza and acute respiratory tract infections in children: blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial
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Homeopathy, August 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.homp.2015.02.006
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Camila Monteiro Siqueira, Fortune Homsani, Venício Féo da Veiga, Carlos Lyrio, Haroldo Mattos, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, José Nelson Couceiro, Carla Holandino Quaresma

Abstract

Influenza and its complications are common at all ages, especially in children. Vaccines and anti-influenza drugs aim to prevent it. Preventative approaches with favorable risk profiles should be considered for flu, particularly since the evidence of the efficacy of anti-viral drugs is debated. This pragmatic clinical trial was conducted in the Brazilian Public Health System in Petrópolis (BPHSP) with children aged from 1 to 5 years old. The medications used were mainly selected based on in vitro experiments (InfluBio), and in successful qualitative clinical experiences (Homeopathic Complex). Following informed parental consent, subjects were randomly distributed, in a blind manner, to three experimental groups: Homeopathic Complex, Placebo, and InfluBio. BPHSP health agents collected flu and acute respiratory infection symptomatic episodes monthly following the established protocol. The number of these episodes was registered in one year (2009-2010). Out of the 600 children recruited, 445 (74.17%) completed the study (149: Homeopathic complex; 151: Placebo; 145: InfluBio). The number of flu and acute respiratory infection symptomatic episodes detected in this clinical trial was low; however, it was different between homeopathic groups and placebo (p < 0.001). In the first year post-intervention, 46/151 (30.5%) of children in the placebo group developed 3 or more flu and acute respiratory infection episodes, while there was no episode in the group of 149 children who used Homeopathic Complex, and only 1 episode in the group of 145 (1%) children who received InfluBio. These results suggested that the use of homeopathic medicines minimized the number of flu and acute respiratory infection symptomatic episodes in children, signalizing that the homeopathic prophylactic potential should be investigated in further studies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 2 1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 149 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 39 26%
Researcher 20 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 9%
Student > Master 12 8%
Other 11 7%
Other 23 15%
Unknown 34 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 36%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 15 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 6%
Social Sciences 7 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 4%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 43 28%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 405. 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 14 March 2024.
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#3
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Outputs of similar age from Homeopathy
#1
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