title: Hering's Law Assessment Tool revisited: introducing a modified novel version--Patients' Response Assessment Tool after Homeopathic Treatment (PRATHoT) in chronic cases.
abstract: Hering's Law Assessment Tool emerged as a systematic outcome assessment tool following homeopathic intervention. The authors intend to modify it and develop a new tool-Patient Response Assessment Tool after Homeopathic Treatment (PRATHoT)-in chronic cases through Delphi technique for systematic categorization of probable outcomes following individualized homeopathic treatment in chronic cases. The PRATHoT was drafted after literature review and iterative Delphi rounds with multidisciplinary expert panel, setting Fleiss κ of 0.41 to 1.00 a priori as the desired level of multirater agreement. Following pilot testing, the tool was implemented on 37 patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis over 6 months. Logistic regression analysis confirmed that higher PRATHoT score was significantly associated with achieving pain visual analogue scale responses from the second follow-up visit onwards (B = 0.037-0.066; SE = 0.021-0.036; P = .003-.048). The tool appeared to have acceptable psychometric properties; hence, it may be considered as a promising tool, amendable for further development.
authors: Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Government of India, Siliguri, India drsubhranilsaha@hotmail.com.
authors: Subhranil
authors: S
authors: Saha
authors: Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Government of India, Siliguri, India.
authors: Munmun
authors: M
authors: Koley
authors: Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Government of India, Siliguri, India.
authors: Jogendra Singh
authors: JS
authors: Arya
authors: Clinical Research Unit (Homeopathy), Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Government of India, Siliguri, India.
authors: Gurudev
authors: G
authors: Choubey
authors: Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Government of West Bengal, Howrah, India.
authors: Shubhamoy
authors: S
authors: Ghosh
authors: DN De Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
authors: Subhasish
authors: S
authors: Ganguly
authors: Department of Homeopathic Pharmacy, Homeopathic Medical College, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Dhankawadi, Katraj, Pune, India.
authors: Tejas
authors: T
authors: Gosavi
authors: Midnapore Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Government of West Bengal, Midnapore, India.
authors: Aloke
authors: A
authors: Ghosh
authors: Tungi Primary Health Center, Murshidabad, India.
authors: Syed Afsar
authors: SA
authors: Ali
authors: Nehru Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors: Neeraj
authors: N
authors: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006282:Health Personnel; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Delphi; Hering’s law; homeopathy