Table 3.

Course of mean complaint severity and quality of life during the study, grouped whether or not the patients still were under homeopathic treatment

	baseline	2 years	8 years	2 years change	8 years change
Adults
Severity of complaints
total	6.2 ± 1.7	2.9 ± 2.2	2.7 ± 2.1	3.2 ± 2.4	3.5 ± 2.4
still under hom. treatment	6.0 ± 1.6	2.6 ± 1.9	2.4 ± 1.9	3.4 ± 2.3	3.6 ± 2.2
hom. treatment stopped	6.2 ± 1.8	3.0 ± 2.3	2.8 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 2.4	3.4 ± 2.5
Quality of life, physical score
total	-0.36 ± 0.96	0.08 ± 0.85	0.08 ± 0.89	0.42 ± 0.91	0.41 ± 1.00
still under hom. treatment	-0.34 ± 0.92	0.16 ± 0.79	0.15 ± 0.81	0.48 ± 0.89	0.48 ± 0.95
hom. treatment stopped	-0.37 ± 0.39	0.04 ± 0.89	0.04 ± 0.93	0.41 ± 0.91	0.38 ± 1.02
Quality of life, mental score
total	-1.47 ± 1.43	-0.56 ± 1.23	0.53 ± 1.26	0.87 ± 1.41	0.95 ± 1.51
still under hom. treatment	-1.43 ± 1.44	-0.49 ± 1.19	-0.43 ± 1.17	0.89 ± 1.41	1.00 ± 1.52
hom. treatment stopped	-1.50 ± 1.43	-0.61 ± 1.24	-0.59 ± 1.31	0.86 ± 1.48	0.92 ± 1.51
Children
Severity of complaints
total	6.1 ± 1.8	2.2 ± 2.0	1.7 ± 1.9	3.9 ± 2.5	4.4 ± 2.6
still under hom. treatment	6.1 ± 1.7	2.1 ± 1.9	1.8 ± 1.9	4.0 ± 2.4	4.3 ± 2.4
hom. treatment stopped	6.1 ± 1.8	2.2 ± 2.1	1.7 ± 1.9	3.9 ± 2.6	4.4 ± 2.6