Predictors of positive opinion about Bach Flower Remedies in adults from three Latin-American countries: An exploratory study.

Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2017 May;27:52-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.04.002. Epub 2017 Apr 5.

Rodríguez-Martín BC1, Fallas-Durán M2, Gaitskell B3, Vega-Rojas D4, Martínez-Chaigneau P4.

Author information

1

Psychology Department, Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Cuba; Fundación Recal, Spain. Electronic address: boris@fundacionrecal.org.

2

GIRAS Group, Costa Rica.

3

Fundación Recal, Spain.

4

ARTEMISA Corporation for Research in Complementary Therapies, Chile.

Abstract

The current study aimed to determine if positive opinions about BFR interacts with spirituality in adults from three Latin-American countries using a CHAID algorithm. Participants were 703 adults from Cuba (n = 319), Costa Rica (n = 252) and Chile (n = 132).

PREDICTORS:

demographic data, received information, received treatment, spirituality, dispositional optimism and willingness to use a placebo intervention were measured and analyzed. A supervised classification which included a training phase (n = 423) and a test phase (n = 280) was employed. Received information about BFR, spirituality and education were selected as significant predictors of the positive opinion about BFR (>90% of correct classifications).

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KEYWORDS:

Bach Flower Remedies; CHAID; Complementary and alternative medicine; Motivation; Placebos; Spirituality

PMID:

 

28438281

 

DOI:

 

10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.04.002

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