Análisis de la actividad ansiolítica de esencias florales en pacientes diabéticos hipertensos del Centro de Salud del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Riobamba

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anxiolytic activity of flower essences in hypertensive diabetic patients of the Decentralized Autonomous Government Health Center of Riobamba (GADR), for which a retrospective study was established in 35 voluntary patients, providing talks about the benefits of flower essences, after an informed consent the STAI test (State Trait Anxiety Survey) was apply to determine the emotional state. For this, the floral essence was obtained using a 15% hydroalcoholic solution through three dilutions starting from the mother tincture by the solar method; the placebo consisted of only a 15% hydroalcoholic solution. In addition, a quasi-experimental design was applied divided into two phases; in phase A, two groups were randomly formed, the first group with 19 participants receiving the flower essence plus a pharmacological treatment, and the second group with 16 participants who received the placebo plus a pharmacological treatment, trough the administration of three to four sublingual drops three times a day for 15 days. Subsequently, a crossover treatment was generated with the placebo group during the last 15 days, known as phase B. Blood glucose control was performed through fingertip puncture and blood pressure, before, during, and at the end of the study, data was tabulated in the Excel 2013 and Minitab 18 programs, where the results indicate the non-existence of a significant statistical difference between the two treatments with flower essence and placebo during phase A. Therefore, in phase B there are significant differences that reveal the effectiveness of anxiolytic activity of the flower essence. Its application is very important in combined treatments to obtain a more integral therapy using different concentrations.