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| Name | Class |
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| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e Tecnológico | OTHER_GOV |
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Patients will be randomly assigned to two separate groups. Both patient groups will be evaluated using the WHOQOL-BREF questionaire. Evaluations will be carried out just before the study begins and at intervals of six months during a period of one year for a total of three evaluations. Group one will be made up of patients who will begin homeopathy or acupuncture or anthroposophic medicine treatment and patients from group two will start homeopathy or acupuncture or anthroposophic medicine six months after the beginning of the study. Each one of these three research branches will be done independently (Homeopathy versus control; Acupuncture versus control; Anthroposophic Medicine versus control). Conventional medical treatment will be available for all patients in both groups. A data sheet will be filled out on each patient with data as to age, education level, marital status and the patient's own perception of their health status. During the interviews the interviewer will have no influence whatsoever over the respondents' answers. Integrative/complementary or traditional medicine doctors do not participate in the research and will not be informed about which patients are participating in this project, and as such the research will be blinded for these doctors. Minitab software, version 16, was used for sample calculation through the module Power and Sample Size. Sample calculation option for paired t-tests before and after intervention demonstrated the need to randomize 906 patients: 450 patients for homeopathy branch (225 patients in the homeopathy group and 225 patients in the control group), 228 patients for acupuncture branch (114 patients in the acupuncture group and 114 patients in the control group), and 228 patients for anthroposophic medicine branch (114 patients in the anthroposophic medicine group and 114 patients in the control group).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Homeopathy | Active Comparator |
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| Allopathy homeopathy control | Active Comparator |
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| Acupuncture | Active Comparator |
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| Allopathy acupuncture control | Active Comparator |
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| Anthroposophic medicine | Active Comparator |
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| Allopathy anthroposophy control | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref Questionnaire | Other | The World Health Organization Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire will be applied in three different moments: Baseline, after 6 months, and after 12 months. The WHOQOL-BREF instrument comprises 26 items, which measure the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. The WHOQOL-BREF is a shorter version of the original instrument that may be more convenient for use in large research studies or clinical trials. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quality of life | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quality of life | six months |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Rubens Tavares, MD, PhD | Contact | +5531 3409 9485 | rubens.ufmg@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Federal University of Minas Gerais | Recruiting | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | 30130-100 | Brazil |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D003863 | Depression |
| D011293 | Premenstrual Syndrome |
| D019584 | Hot Flashes |
| D009135 | Muscular Diseases |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D008599 | Menstruation Disturbances |
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| D010335 |
| Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |