Key result
Total syncope episodes strongly correlate with worse depression, anxiety, and lower EQ-5D scores.
Why the study?
Vasovagal syncope episodes are usually self-limiting and may affect patients' quality of life, prompting investigation into the relationship between clinical characteristics, psychological status, and quality of life.
Are psychological status and quality of life associated with the frequency of syncope episodes in patients with vasovagal syncope?
Cross-Sectional (n=88)
No
Are psychological status and quality of life associated with the frequency of syncope episodes in patients with vasovagal syncope?
Effect estimate: r=0.755
p-value: p=<0.001
Psychological factors and quality of life are significantly correlated with the frequency of syncope episodes in patients with vasovagal syncope.
Syncope frequency was associated with worse psychological status and quality of life; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in vasovagal syncope.
OBJECTIVE: Syncope is characterized by sudden and short-term loss of postural tone and consciousness. Vasovagal syncope (VVS) episode is usually self-limiting, and it may affect patients' quality of life. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between quality of life, Beck-depression and Beck-anxiety scales and clinical characteristics of the VVS patients. METHODS: The present study included 88 patients with VVS. Tilt table test was performed to all the patients. Patients filled out the Quality of life, Beck-depression, and Beck-anxiety scale forms. Demographics, medical history, echocardiography, blood pressures, electrocardiography and physical examination findings were recorded. RESULTS: There was a significant and negative correlation between the total syncope episodes (TSE) and EQ-5D index and EQ-5D-VAS index, respectively (p<0.001, r: -0.649; p<0.001, r: -0.587). TSE was significantly and positively correlated with the Beck-anxiety scale and Beck-depression scale. EQ-5D index, EQ-5D-VAS index, Beck-depression scale, and Beck-anxiety scales were defined as an independent predictor of TSE in VVS patients. CONCLUSION: Psychological factors play an essential role in VVS patients. EQ-5D index, EQ-5D-VAS index, Beck-depression, and Beck-anxiety scales were an independent predictor of the TSE in patients with VVS.
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Adem Atıcı (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Vasovagal syncope (n=88). Total syncope episodes were significantly and positively correlated with the Beck-depression scale (r=0.755) and Beck-anxiety scale (r=0.622), and negatively correlated with the EQ-5D index (r=-0.649).
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