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Universidad y Salud
versión impresa ISSN 0124-7107versión On-line ISSN 2389-7066
Resumen
PENAGOS-GUIO, Karen Dayanna et al. Using a Calgary Scale adaptation to detect vasovagal syncope in Colombian university students. Univ. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.2, pp.92-99. Epub 01-Mayo-2021. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.212302.220.
Introduction:
Vasovagal syncope has an incidence between 10% and 19% in the general population, whose first episodes appear in youth.
Objective:
To estimate the prevalence of vasovagal syncope in a university student population from the southern Colombia, using a diagnostic questionnaire adapted from the Calgary Scale.
Materials and methods:
After voluntary signing of the informed consent form, students were surveyed through the Calgary Scale, and a subsequent follow-up questionnaire was conducted on positive participants.
Results:
280 students participated in the study and 17% of them obtained a positive score for vasovagal syncope, being positive female participants the largest group. The mean age of participants was 21.45±5.18 years. At the follow-up, 10% of the positive cases had sought out treatment in emergency rooms because of consciousness loss, 4% were hospitalized, and 10% had secondary injuries.
Conclusions:
Even though an important number of patients was positive on the Calgary Scale, none of them had been diagnosed with neutrally mediated syncope, despite being treated in emergency rooms and/or presenting secondary lesions due to consciousness loss. The use of the Calgary Scale during the assessment of patients being treated for consciousness loss could help to early diagnose vasovagal syncope.
Palabras clave : Syncope/diagnosis; vasovagal syncope; surveys and questionnaires; epidemiologic methods.