%0 Journal Article
%T Anthroposophic therapy for asthma: A two-year prospective cohort study in routine outpatient settings
%A Harald J Hamre
%A Claudia M Witt
%A Gunver S Kienle
%A et al
%J Journal of Asthma and Allergy
%D 2009
%I 
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S7184
%X nthroposophic therapy for asthma: A two-year prospective cohort study in routine outpatient settings Original Research (5763) Total Article Views Authors: Harald J Hamre, Claudia M Witt, Gunver S Kienle, et al Published Date November 2009 Volume 2009:2 Pages 111 - 128 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S7184 Harald J Hamre1, Claudia M Witt2, Gunver S Kienle1, Christof Schn邦rer3, Anja Glockmann1, Renatus Ziegler4, Stefan N Willich2, Helmut Kiene1 1Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology, Freiburg, Germany; 2Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charit谷 University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany; 3Internal Medicine Practice, A Fraenkel Centrum, Badenweiler, Germany; 4Society for Cancer Research, Arlesheim, Switzerland Background: Anthroposophic treatment for asthma includes special artistic and physical therapies and special medications. Methods: We studied consecutive outpatients starting anthroposophic treatment for asthma under routine conditions in Germany. Main outcomes were average asthma severity (0每10, primary outcome); symptoms (1每4); and asthma-related quality of life at 12-month follow-up (Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire [AQLQ] overall score, 1每7, for adults; KINDL Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents, asthma module, 0每100, for children) at 12-month follow-up. Results: Ninety patients (54 adults, 36 children) were included. Anthroposophic treatment modalities used were medications (88% of patients, n = 79/90); eurythmy therapy (22%); art therapy (10%); and rhythmical massage therapy (1%). Median number of eurythmy/art/massage sessions was 12 (interquartile range 10每20), median therapy duration was 120 days (84每184). From baseline to 12-month follow-up, all outcomes improved significantly (P < 0.001 for all comparisons). Average improvements were: average asthma severity 2.61 points (95% confidence interval CI: 1.90每3.32); cough 0.93 (95% CI: 0.60每1.25); dyspnea 0.92 (95% CI: 0.56每1.28); exertion-induced symptoms 0.95 (95% CI: 0.64每1.25); frequency of asthma attacks 0.78 (95% CI:0.41每1.14); awakening from asthma 0.90 (95% CI: 0.58每1.21); AQLQ overall score 1.44 (95% CI:0.97每1.92); and KINDL asthma module 14.74 (95% CI: 9.70每19.78). All improvements were maintained until last follow-up after 24 months. Conclusions: Patients with asthma under anthroposophic treatment had long-term improvements of symptoms and quality of life.
%K anthroposophy
%K art therapy
%K asthma
%K combined modality therapy
%K drug therapy
%K eurythmy therapy
%K prospective studies
%K quality of life
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