[Homeopathic clinical epidemiology: premises and principles for elaboration of clinical research in homeopathy]

Marcus Zulian Teixeira, Revista de Homeopatia 2022; 84(3-4)

 

ABSTRACT 

Clinical epidemiology deals with clinical practice through the study of variation and the determinants of the evolution of diseases, its knowledge being indispensable for the correct design, planning and execution of different types of clinical studies. Among homeopathic assumptions, the individualization of treatment is an indispensable condition to reach the efficacy and effectiveness of the therapy, requiring a longer period of follow-up so that adjustments of the globalizing therapeutic similarity are achieved. Homeopathic clinical epidemiology associates the premises and principles of clinical epidemiology with those of homeopathic episteme, with the aim of increasing the methodological quality of clinical research without disrespecting homeopathic rationality. In this review, we discuss the premises and principles of (homeopathic) clinical epidemiology, highlighting the fundamental aspects for the elaboration of epidemiological studies in homeopathy for the different types of diseases, including epidemics.