TY - JOUR AU - Hamre, Harald Johan AU - Kiene, Helmut AU - Glockmann, Anja AU - Ziegler, Renatus AU - Kienle, Gunver Sophia PY - 2013 DA - 2013/07/13 TI - Long-term outcomes of anthroposophic treatment for chronic disease: a four-year follow-up analysis of 1510 patients from a prospective observational study in routine outpatient settings JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 269 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Anthroposophic treatment includes special artistic and physical therapies and special medications. We here report an update to a previously published study of anthroposophic treatment for chronic diseases, including more patients and a longer follow up. The Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study (AMOS) was a prospective observational cohort study of anthroposophic treatment for chronic indications in routine outpatient settings in Germany. Anthroposophic treatment was associated with improvements of symptoms and quality of life. Previous follow-up-analyses have been performed after 24 months or, in subgroups of patients enrolled in the period 1999-2001, after 48 months. We conducted a 48-month follow-up analysis of all patients enrolled in AMOS in the period 1999-2005. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-269 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-6-269 ID - Hamre2013 ER -