A Clinical Trial To Assess The Role Of Maintaining Cause In Chronic Gastritis- A Comparative Study.

BACKGROUND: Gastritis remains a social and public health problem both in developed and developing countries. It is an underlying cause affecting an individual's socioeconomic status, health behaviors, and living standards such as lifestyles, living conditions, behaviors, and habits. OBJECTIVES: Primary objective was to assess the role of individualized homoeopathic medicine in the cases of chronic gastritis with and without removing maintaining cause and the secondary objective was to assess the pre and post-evaluation of GI symptoms with the aid of a GI score questionnaire in the cases of chronic gastritis treated by homoeopathic medicine with and without removal of maintaining cause. Materials and methods: 100 individuals were randomly allocated into 2 groups. One group of 50 patients were given individualized homoeopathic medicine with removal of maintaining cause and another 50 patients were given individualized Homoeopathic medicine without removal of maintaining cause. Follow-up of the patients is conducted periodically as specified in the protocol. Result: Statistical analysis Paired t-tests were calculated for comparing the Pre-treatment and Post-treatment in group A, there was a significant change in the GI symptoms questionnaire score in group A that is a change from Means- 24.9200 ± 7.15 (Pre-treatment) to 10.8600 ± 3.94 (Post-treatment) P value <0.0001. While comparing the Pre-treatment and Post-treatment in group B there was a significant change in the GI score in group B that changed from Means- 23.4200 ± 6.66 (pre-treatment) to 15.5400 ± 5.84 (post-treatment) P value<0.0001. CONCLUSION: It is evident from the results that Individualized Homoeopathic medicines with the removal of maintaining cause were more effective in the treatment of chronic gastritis as compared to Individualized Homoeopathic medicines without the removal of maintaining cause. The role of removing and maintaining cause was evident in cases of chronic gastritis.