A homeopatia e a meditação como práticas integrativas e complementares (PICS) no controle dos níveis traço e estado de ansiedade em universitários da área da saúde.

Abstract

Anxiety is a natural emotion in human beings, a universal and adaptive feeling that occurs in a state of tension and a sense of danger. Several symptoms are associated with anxiety, such as: fast heartbeat, excessive irritability, sleep disturbance, stomach problems and poor concentration.Trait anxiety refers to an individual characteristic of personality trait, while state anxiety is a transient emotional response to certain situations. Anxiety and its disorders considerably affect the lives of many individuals around the world, especially college students, being a period of vulnerability due to the various neurological, physiological, maturational and psychological transformations. Integrative and Complementary Practices (PICs) such as Homeopathy and Meditation have been shown to be effective as complementary measures to the treatment of anxiety and may help to improve the quality of life of this group of individuals. This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of Homeopathy and Meditation as Integrative and Complementary Practices (PICs) in controlling trait levels and anxiety state in health students. A cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, analytical and intervention study was carried out with health students (n = 12) from the University of Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC, aged 18 or above, from both between march and june 2019. Students were sent an online questionnaire prepared on Google Forms and assessed anxiety levels through the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and its respective rating scale for anxiety indicators (STAI-E) and trait anxiety (STAI-T). The intervention was performed with Homeopathy and Meditation, to the university students who presented high scores of trait and/or state anxiety, from the beginning (1° and 2°) and final semester (9° and 10°), limiting to a total of 30 participants. in this step. A total of 214 students participated in the research, 89, 3% of them female. Of these students, 59,8% were in the intermediate semester, 26,6% in the final semester and 14% in the initial semester. For 99,1% of these students, anxiety impairs academic performance. Regarding state anxiety scores, 0,46% had low scores, 77,56% medium and 21,96% high; for trait anxiety, 1,40% low, 61,22% medium and 37,38% high. The variables sleep quality, alcohol consumption, lack of laser habits, being anxious and medication use were significant (p <0,05) for trait anxiety. In the intervention stage, 27 students participated, of which 70, 37% had a reduction in anxiety scores, 22,22% partial improvement and 7,41% increased anxiety scores. It is concluded that college students have anxiety and this can affect their life interfering with their school performance, sleep quality, mood, interpersonal relationships and quality of life; and Integrative and Complementary Practices such as homeopathy and meditation have been shown to be effective as complementary measures to the treatment of anxiety.