Introduction:

People can develop psychosomatic diseases facing up an epidemic factor.

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the homeopathic prescription in patients with psychosomatic disorders generated when facing the COVID 19 pandemic.

Method:

A quasi-experiment study of therapeutic intervention type was carried out with a unique group of 57 patients older than 19 years, assisted in the Homeopathy Service of Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso General Hospital, from 2020 to 2022. Social-demographic, clinical-epidemiological and of response to the treatment variables were analyzed with clinical valuation in the third and eighth weeks. The absolute and relative frequency, mean and standard deviation were considered as summary measures, with a confidence level of 95 %.

Results:

There was a prevalence of the 40 to 59 age group in both sexes. Approximately 61.4 % of the patients had history of one or more chronic diseases, 54.4 % was scared during the pandemic and 29.8 % suffered the death of an acquaintance or relative, mainly starting from the 60 years. There was prevalence of anxiety, excessive concern for their health, fear to die, insomnia, migraine and palpitations. The meticulousness, hypochondriac anxiety, religiosity and compulsive obsessive acts were exacerbated. The main medications used were: Arsenicumalbum, Aconitumnapellus and Natriummuriaticum to the 200 CH.

Conclusions:

The homeopathic treatment conditioned a satisfactory clinical course in most of the patients, with an effectiveness of 96.5 %.

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