98
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2006
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2009
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2009
Reflexology plus conventional treatment
Patients in the reflexology group received reflexology treatment in addition to usual care of asthma.Patients received treatments weekly for four to six weeks, followed by two treatments for one month. Treatments were then given monthly until the end of the study.
Homeopathy plus conventional treatment
Patients in the homeopathy group received homeopathic treatment in addition to usual care of asthma.Homeopathic treatment was decided on an individual basis by the homeopath and prescribed as an oral treatment. Patients received homeopathic product with potency between C30 (dilution by a factor 10030 =1060) and M10 (dilution by a factor 100010 =1030). The number of homeopathy sessions attended was six to twelve during one year.
Conventional treatment
Patients in the conventional treatment group received usual care of asthma. This treatment was monitored and adjusted as usual by the patient's general practitioner.
Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus
GCP-unit at Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
OTHER
Danish Classical Homeopathy Society
UNKNOWN
Danish Reflexologist Association
OTHER
University of Aarhus
OTHER