EUHEALS: Efficacy of distant healing - a four armed randomized study

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0086

Key words (English)

Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Scientific Research; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLRT-1999-30550

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.4 Environment and health

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Kantonsspital Basel
Institut für Klinische Epidemiologie

Abstract (English)

Little is known about distant healing, an alternative treatment. Patients suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or functional memory disorder (FMD), who have no clear treatment option a re controlled trial of distant healing in 400 patients. They will be randomised to
a) receive healing and know this,
b) receive healing without knowing,
c) Wait and know this and
d) wait without knowing.
Study target will be health related quality of life (SF36) after 6 months of treatment/waiting. Patients will be enrolled by environmental clinics and treated by healers all over Europe. We thereby expect to provide information for an evidence-based decision of regulatory and reimbursing authorities.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 02.0086