We describe historic developments of inhouse facilities for natural healing in this paper, which were mainly located in German speaking regions. The naturopathic movement is a relabeling of the hydropathic movement in Germany, which was supported by a considerable proportion of the population in Germany during the mid 19th century. Due to the fact that hydropathic treatments were provided by nonmedical healers, discriminated as “quacks”, there was continuous hostility between hydropathy/naturopathy and medicine. However, among the many establishments providing inhouse treatment for acute and chronic diseases over weeks there were some which were controlled by medical doctors in the 20th century and some which were implemented by government. In many of the establishments there were approaches for measuring usefulness of the treatments, some of which have been initiated explicitly for that purpose.
In a follow-up study overweight and obese patients fasting according to Buchinger (modified) and a control group treated by a weight reduction diet in the context of an inpatient naturopathic complex treatment were compared using a questionnaire developed for a standardized phone interview 6.8 ± 1.1 years after inpatient treatment. During the inpatient treatment the fasting patients significantly more body weight, but at the time of the interview significantly more weight was gained again. 10.7% of the fasting patients and 31.9% of the control group lowered their weight at least 5% of their initial weight up to the interview. 42% of the fasting and 74% of the control group persistently changed their diet. The control group followed a significantly higher number of trained nutritional aspects. 21% of the fasting and 40% of the control group increased their leisure activity permanently. Continued improvement in quality of life was achieved by 16% of the fasting patients and 28% of the control group. The fasting therapy, carried out as part of the inpatient naturopathic complex treatment, turned out to be less suitable for the treatment of overweight and obesity compared to standard therapy. One likely determinant is the minor poststationary lifestyle modification.
Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Wie die Literaturrecherche in den g?ngigen Datenbanken zeigt, liegen derzeit kaum aussagekr?ftige Daten zu Wirkungen und Wirksamkeit der R?gener Heilkreide vor.
Ziel
Gewinnung von Basisdaten zu Indikationen, Anwendungsh?ufigkeit, Anwendungsformen und Vertr?glichkeit der R?gener Heilkreide in der Behandlungspraxis.
Material und Methoden
Teilnehmer [N=78] aus 8 Gesundheitsbetrieben in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Studienzeitraum: April 2014?November 2014) beantworteten einen Fragebogen vor und nach der Behandlung. Es erfolgte ein deskriptive Statistik.
Ergebnisse
In 8 Gesundheitsbetrieben in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wurden 78 Teilnehmer befragt. Gelenkbeschwerden, Muskelverspannungen, Rheumatische Erkrankungen, Stoffwechselst?rungen, Zerrungen/Prellungen, Ents?uerung, Neuralgien und Neutralisation von Sauerstoffradikale sind die h?ufigsten Indikationen f?r die Heilkreideanwendung. Die Hautvertr?glichkeit wird einstimmig als gut bewertet. Die Wirksamkeit gegen Schmerzen wird ?berwiegend bejaht.
Der h?ufigste Grund f?r eine Beendigung der Nutzung ist der Aufwand. Zwei Drittel der Gesundheitsbetriebe geben an, dass ?alle? profitieren, ein Drittel, dass ?einige? profitieren. Unvertr?glichkeiten wurden nicht angegeben. 8 Gesundheitsbetriebe halten die Heilkreide f?r durch andere Peloide ersetzbar.
75% der Betriebe haben mehr als 20 Teilnehmer in 3 Monaten behandelt. Am h?ufigsten werden offenbar R?ckenpackungen und Ganzk?rperpackungen eingesetzt, aber auch die anderen Varianten kommen in nennenswerter Zahl vor.
Diskussion
Zu dieser Form der Peloidtherapie liegen bislang kaum aussagekr?ftige klinische Studien vor. Aus den hier erfassten Daten lassen sich methodische Ansatzpunkte f?r weiterf?hrende Studien zur R?gener Heilkreide erstmals generieren.
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