Evaluación de la efectividad del tratamiento con esencias florales, en estudiantes con problemas de concentración, de la escuela maría paulina solís – cantón yantzaza

Abstract

The main objective of this research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the flower essences treatment in students in the sixth year of basic education at the "María Paulina Solís" school who had presented symptoms of attention deficit during virtual classes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study population consisted of 40 students, divided into a control group (F) to whom the essence was administered and a placebo group (X). To carry out the study, the Clematis essence was prepared with a (third) 15% dilution, 40% alcohol, water, and 2 drops of the mother essence were used. Therefore, 2 drops were administered daily to the students sublingually 3 times a day for 4 weeks. The "Conners Continuous Performance Test (CPT-II)" was used to measure the attention deficit scale before, during, and after the administration. As result it was concluded that the four main causes of concentration deficit are: the organizational climate at 14.5% for group F and 17.07% for group X, the organizational structure at 14.85% for group F and 15.76 % for group X, family influence 17.89% group F and 15.30% group X and technology for group F 14.51% and group X 12.78%. Low levels of attention deficit were obtained in both groups: 54.56% for group F and 35.45% for group X, while for the intermediate level 45.44% was obtained for group F and 39.74% for group X. It was concluded that the administration of Clematis flower essence was effective in relieving symptoms related to lack of concentration such as insomnia, muscle pain, frequent headaches, rarely astrointestinal discomfort, nausea, vertigo, anxiety states, fear, and sadness. It is recommended to carry out more studies applying flower therapy to people of different age groups.