EPI3 - Cohort of Patients with Three Common Diseases (Musculoskeletal Pain; Sleep, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders and Upper Respiratory Infections): Study on the Impact of Homoeopathic Treatment 
Head :
Abenhaim Lucien
Begaud Bernard, U 657 Inserm
Begaud Bernard, U 657 Inserm
Last update : 01/01/2020 | Version : 1 | ID : 73224
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Cohort of Patients with Three Common Diseases (Musculoskeletal Pain; Sleep, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders and Upper Respiratory Infections): Study on the Impact of Homoeopathic Treatment |
| Sign or acronym | EPI3 |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | CNIL |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
General practice Infectious diseases Psychology and psychiatry |
| Pathology (details) | Musculoskeletal pain; sleep, anxiety and depressive disorders and upper respiratory infection |
| Health determinants |
Healthcare system and access to health care services Iatrogenic |
| Keywords | homoeopathy, treatment, prescription, quality of life |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Abenhaim |
| Surname | Lucien |
| Abenhaim@la-ser.com | |
| Organization | LASER |
| Name of the director | Begaud |
| Surname | Bernard |
| bernard.begaud@pharmaco.u-bordeaux2.fr | |
| Unit | U 657 Inserm |
| Organization | Bordeaux University |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Private |
| Details | Boiron Laboratories |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Société LA-SER |
| Organisation status |
Private |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Cohort study |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
A selection of health care professionals |
| Database recruitment is is made on the basis of: |
Another treatment or procedure |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | Three groups respectively covering: – musculoskeletal pain (MSP); – mixed-depressive disorder (MADD) – upper respiratory infections (URI). Physicians were divided into three groups: allopathic physician not regularly prescribing homoeopathy; homoeopathic physicians; physicians engaging in mixed practice who prescribe homoeopathy several times a week. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | The aim of these three groups was to assess the difference between conventional and homoeopathic treatment. |
| Inclusion criteria |
Patients with:
– musculoskeletal pain (MSP); – mixed-depressive disorder (MADD) – upper respiratory infections (URI) |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) Great age (80 years and more) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
National |
| Detail of the geography area | France |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2006 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2010 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 8,559 patients; 825 physicians |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Declarative data |
| Clinical data (detail) |
Direct physical measures |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Face to face interview |
| Details of collected declarative data | Clinical progression through suitable assessment scales for each cohort; use of conventional medication and medical care in general; patient's overall quality of life and notion of missed opportunity, i.e. transition to chronic state or induced disease. |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health care consumption and services Quality of life/health perception |
| Care consumption (detail) |
Medicines consumption |
| Procedures | |
| Participant monitoring |
Yes |
| Details on monitoring of participants | Follow-up 1 year after enrolment. |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | http://tinyurl.com/PUBMED-EPI3 |
| Link to the document | http://tinyurl.com/HAL-EPI3 |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | Contact the scientist in charge. |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
