Caracterización psicológica de jóvenes masculinos con síncope vasovagal recurrente / Psychological characterization of young male patients presenting with recurrent vasovagal syncope

INTRODUCCION: Sobre el síncope vasovagal o desmayo común, se ha reportado en la literatura que diversos factores parecen sugerir la presencia de una asociación entre la aparición del síncope vasovagal y factores psicológicos. OBJETIVO: Caracterizar desde el punto de vista psicológico a jóvenes con síncope vasovagal recurrente. MÉTODOS: Se recogen los resultados psicológicos obtenidos en 156 pacientes masculinos jóvenes, entre 18 y 25 años de edad, con síncope vasovagal recurrente, comparados con un grupo control de 132 sujetos supuestamente sanos, de la misma edad y sexo. La respuesta a la prueba de tolerancia a la bipedestación activa prolongada (PTBAP) permitió subdividir a los pacientes en un grupo de positivos y en otro de negativos. RESULTADOS: No se constataron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los aspectos psicológicos evaluados entre ambos grupos de pacientes, mientras que se diferenciaron significativamente del grupo control. CONCLUSIONES:Los pacientes con síncope vasovagal, independientemente de la respuesta a la bipedestación prolongada, presentan manifestaciones psicológicas comunes que permiten caracterizarlos. Estudios futuros posibilitarán establecer si esas manifestaciones son la causa o el efecto del síncope vasovagal

INTRODUCTION: On the vasovagal syncope or common faints in the literature has been reported that different factors appear to suggest the presence of association between the appearance of the vasovagal syncope and the psychological factors. OBJECTIVE: To characterize from the psychological point of view to young patients presenting with recurrent vasovagal syncope. METHODS: The psychological results obtained in 156 young male patients aged between 18 and 25 with recurrent vasovagal syncope compared with a control group including 132 patients supposedly healthy of similar age and sex. The response to tolerance test to prolonged active bipedal attitude (PABA) allowed subdivide patients in a positive group and in other negative. RESULTS: There were not statistically significant differences in psychological features assessed among both groups of patients significantly different from the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The patients presenting with vasovagal syncope, independently of the response to prolonged bipedal attitude, have usual psychological manifestations allowing their characterization. Future studies will allow establishing if those manifestations are the cause or the effect of the vasovagal syncope

Estudio descriptivo de la personalidad y psicopatología en pacientes con síncope vasovagal / Psychopathology and personality in patients with vasovagal syncope

Syncope is characterized by a sudden and brief Loss of the normal state of consciousness (fainting), caused by multiple factors (biological, psychological and social), which consequences can be Lethal if it is not timely diagnosed and treated. These episodes affect the total sphere of the subject (on an individual, work, school, social, and family level). PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Contribute to the study of vasovagal syncope (WS) patients, describing their personality and psychopathological characteristics. METHOD: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was used to evaluate psychopathology in a sample of 30 subjects diagnosed with (WS), attended in the National Institute of Cardiology "lgnacio Chávez", making a descriptive analysis of the complete sample, regarding demographic variables and inventory scores. RESULTS: The scales with higher scores found within these subjects were hypochondriasis (= 67.43), depression (= 69.83), hysteria (= 67.83) among others. CONCLUSIONS: In general, patients with (WS) show significant levels of anxiety and depression, dissatisfaction, bad mood, pessimism, concern, somatic complaints, difficulty to solve problems adaptively, among others. This study remarks the importance of knowing these characteristics to implement treatments that manage this disease properly and may improve patients quality of life, as well as their physical and mental health.