Effectiveness Of Individualized Homoeopathic Medicine In Treatment Of Scabies Among Children And Adolescents By Using Kent’s Repertory: A Single-Group Pre-Post Interventional Study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The primary outcome will be reduction in clinical signs and symptoms of SCABIES.
研究概览
简要总结
This is a single group pre post interventional study. The aim of the study is to evaluate the role of individualized homoeopathic medicine in the treatment of scabies among children and adolescents about 5 to 16 years with the help of Kents repertory .
The primary objective is to assess clinical improvement in scabies itching or burrows or papules vesicles nodules crusts etc.The secondary objective is to assess reduction of symptoms with improvement in quality of life using the CDLQI Children Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire. Each patient will be followed in 12 months of study at 15 day intervals for 3 consecutive months. And a diagnosis of scabies will be confirmed by microscopy of the skin scrapings or by dermatoscopy, depending on parental or legal guardian consent. Individualized homeopathic medicines will be prescribed based on the totality of symptoms through detailed casetaking analysis and evaluation as per the guideline of the Organon of Medicine with proper repertorization.
Both centesimal and fifty millesimal potencies will be used and all medicines procured will be GMP certified and the medicines will be dispensed from the dispensary of MBHMCANDH. Also, all patients enrolled in the study will receive individualized homeopathic medicines along with concomitant care advice regarding proper diet and regimen according to individual patients requirements.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5.00 Year(s) 至 16.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Self reporting patients with Scabies presenting with minimum of 2 characteristics sign and symptoms located in solitary areas of fingers wrists or arms or legs and belt area or armpits or on the genitals or breasts palm sole and ankles and scalp or combination of all severe itch often worse at night itchy lines or linear burrows and bumps papules.
- •Age group of 5 to 16 years of all sexes.
- •Parental consent and children with written informed assent from their parents or legal guardian.
排除标准
- •Patient with already under the treatment of topical or any allopathic medicine or ointment for scabies for last 3 weeks.
- •Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within last 3 weeks.
- •patients suffering from severe hypersensitivity allergic skin condition or pursuing any other secondary bacterial infection.
结局指标
主要结局
The primary outcome will be reduction in clinical signs and symptoms of SCABIES.
时间窗: Patients will be asked to report at suitable intervals of 15 days for the next 3 OPD consecutive months.
次要结局
- SECONDARY OUTCOME is CDLQI questionnaire English and Bengali and Hindi version for reduction of symptoms of scabies to improve the quality of life(Patients will be asked to report at suitable intervals of 15 days for the next 3 consecutive months)
研究者
Dr. DISHA JODDAR
Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical college and Hospital