Case Reporting in Homeopathy—An Overview of Guidelines and Scientific Tools
An overview on guidelines and tools that may help to improve the quality of case reports and strengthen the scientific value of a case report is given.
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Case reports have been of central importance to the development of homeopathy over the past 200 years. With a special focus on homeopathy, we give an overview on guidelines and tools that may help to improve the quality of case reports. Reporting guidelines such as CARE (Case Report), HOM-CASE (Homeopathic Clinical Case Reports), and the WissHom Documentation Standard help to improve the quality of reporting and strengthen the scientific value of a case report. Additional scientific tools such as prospective outcome assessment, prognostic factor research, cognition-based medicine, and the Modified Naranjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH) score may be helpful in improving case documentation and evaluation.</jats:p>