[Omeo33] Art 1198 - eCAM, 2011, 8, ID867151

[Gino Santini]

Use of Homeopathy in Pediatric Oncology in Germany
Alfred Längler, Claudia Spix, Friedrich Edelhäuser, Genn Kameda, Peter  
Kaatsch, and Georg Seifert

Homeopathy is a frequently used complementary and alternative medicine  
(CAM) treatment.
We present results comparing responses of homeopathy users (HUs) and  
users of other forms of CAM (NHUs) in pediatric oncology (PO) in  
Germany. Differences between these two groups (usage, associated  
demographic characteristics, previous experience with CAM) are  
investigated.  186 (45.2%) of the 367 CAM users were exposed to  
homeopathy. The treatment duration amounted to
a median of 601 days for HUs and 282 days for NHUs. Parents with p  
(127; 76.5%) also used homeopathy for their child's
cancer. Nonmedical practitioners played a considerably greater role as  
source of information than did treating physician. In the majority HUs  
received their prescriptions from nonmedical practitioners (56%; 29.4%  
of NHUs). HUs communicate more frequently with their physicians about  
the CAM-use (77.7% versus 65.2%) and recommend CAM more often than  
NHUs (94% versus 85.6%).  Homeopathy is the most frequently used CAM  
treatment in PO in Germany. HUs sustain treatment and therapies  
considerably longer than NHUs. Most families who had used homeopathy  
before their child was diagnosed with cancer also used homeopathy for  
the treatment of their child's  cancer. Compared to other CAM  
treatments, patient satisfaction with homeopathy appears to be very  
high.

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