Homoeopathic practices: review of published systematic reviews
WCB Evidence Based Practice Group
Record ID 32006000272
English
Authors' objectives:
This study provides a review of systematic reviews of homoeopathy.
Authors' recommendations:
To this date, there are > 200 clinical trials done on homoeopathic practices. However, most of these trials suffer from methodological errors and their results need to be interpreted with that in mind.
Higher quality trials on homoeopathic practices show that the effect of homoeopathy is not different than placebo (Level 1 evidence).
Systematic reviews on homoeopathic practices reveal that, with the possible exception on treating post-operative ileus and shortening the symptom duration of influenza, homoeopathy is not an effective treatment for various diseases (Level 1 evidence).
Authors' methods:
Review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.worksafebc.com/health_care_providers/related_information/evid ence_based_medicine/default.asp
Year Published:
2003
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Homeopathy
Contact
Organisation Name:
WorkSafeBC
Contact Address:
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Contact Name:
ebpg@worksafebc.com
Contact Email:
ebpg@worksafebc.com
Copyright:
WorkSafe BC
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