Substantial reduction of cost of care of PWH by add on homoeopathic medicine reduced the parental anxiety and stress

Abstract

Introduction and Background: Psychological stress is found to be increasing in the present era because of the number of factors. One of the causes of psychological stress is their concern and anxiety for their child, be it their study or health. Hemophilia is a blood genetic disease which not only carries stress to the patient, but a cause of psychological stress to parents owing to its severity and high-cost management. Stress coping and management becomes difficult for such parents. Therefore this study was undertaken to examine the role of homeopathic medicine in managing psychological stress in parents of people with hemophilia (PWH). Materials and Methods: 100 parents of PWH were selected by randomized sampling technique from the period 2014-2016 at homeopathy in hemophilia research centre, Nashik. FISC-MR scale was used to measure the levels of stress in 10 different aspects of the life of parents of PWH. Result: For each scale, the mean difference in before and after treatment was highly significant at P = 0.0001. Conclusion: Parents of PWH suffer from stress associated with children's health condition. It affects parental IPR and relationship with society. This study has shown that homeopathic medicines are effective in coping with psychological stress among parents of PWH. It has markedly increased the interpersonal relationship and social relationship.