Etat des lieux de l'homéopathie en Belgique - KCE

KCE Reports 154 Homeopathy 55
4.3.9 Claims for which homeopathy is used.
Table 11 gives the frequency of the complaints for which patients come consulting,
ranked by importance (where often and very often was mentioned most). Upper
respiratory tract infection (URTI),depression and anxiety, insomnia and acute otitis, are
the most frequently mentioned conditions. We did not see differences between
professional organisations.
Table 11: Frequency of the complaint for which patients come consulting,
ranked by importance (n=144) (where often and very often was mentioned
most)
Often or very
often
Sometimes or
rarely
never
No
answer
Condition
n % n % n % n
URTI 111 83% 20 15% 3 2% 10
Depression and anxiety 111 80% 26 19% 2 1% 5
Insomnia 101 74% 35 26% 1 1% 7
Acute otitis 94 68% 35 25% 9 7% 6
Low back pain 90 67% 40 30% 4 3% 10
Chronic fatigue 89 64% 43 31% 6 4% 6
LRTI 85 63% 46 34% 4 3% 9
Diarrhea 84 63% 49 37% 1 1% 10
Asthma 79 58% 54 39% 4 3% 7
Warts 73 56% 53 41% 4 3% 11
Allergy 76 54% 61 44% 3 2% 4
Premenstrual syndrome 67 49% 65 47% 5 4% 7
Skin disease 61 46% 56 42% 15 11% 10
Pregnancy 57 42% 65 48% 13 10% 9
Fibromyalgia 56 41% 71 52% 9 7% 8
Cancer side effects 51 38% 66 49% 18 13% 9
Conjunctivitis 48 36% 78 58% 9 7% 9
ADHD 48 35% 84 61% 5 4% 7
Venous insufficiency 35 27% 87 66% 10 8% 10
Enuresis 30 22% 94 69% 12 9% 8
Obesity 24 18% 98 73% 12 9% 10
HIV 5 4% 45 35% 80 62% 14
Dementia 2 1% 91 68% 41 31% 10