Conocimientos de los médicos sobre Síncope en adultos y su Atención en Urgencias

Manuel Quintero García; Medardo Rodriguez Lopez; Yoima González Pérez; Isael Boza Cruz; Loreile González Mazón

doi:10.56294/sctconf2022238

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Published: 2022-12-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/sctconf2022238

Doctors' Knowledge of Adult Syncope and Emergency Care

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge about syncope and its management in the emergency department, in physicians of a general hospital.

Methods: a qualitative, evaluative research was carried out through the application of a pre-designed academic questionnaire on key aspects of syncope care in the emergency department to physicians of clinical specialties related to emergency care at the Abel Santamaría general teaching hospital, Pinar del Río province, in April 2022. Respondents were chosen randomly, voluntarily and anonymously.

Questionnaire: the questionnaire included 5 single-answer multiple-choice questions. Each question included 4 possible answers (a, b, c, d). The aspects evaluated were: definition, causes, initial evaluation, diagnosis, risk stratification, and syncope care.

Results: the questionnaire was administered to 35 physicians. It took less than 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire. According to the aspects evaluated, 40 % of the respondents did not select the correct answer related to the definition and causes of syncope; regarding the initial evaluation and multidisciplinary care, the correct answers reached 74 % and 71 % respectively. And in relation to diagnosis and risk stratification, misses were 80 %. The application of the KR20 coefficient classified the internal consistency of the evaluation instrument used as very good.

Conclusions: the survey was useful to evaluate the level of knowledge of physicians about syncope and its management in the emergency department. There is a knowledge deficit in the aspects evaluated. The results obtained are considered reliable.

Keywords:

Syncope,

Classification,

Initial Evaluation,

Risk,

Treatment,

How to Cite

Quintero García M, Rodriguez Lopez M, González Pérez Y, Boza Cruz I, González Mazón L. Doctors’ Knowledge of Adult Syncope and Emergency Care. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 12 [cited 2024 Jun. 29];1:238. Available from: https://conferencias.saludcyt.ar/index.php/sctconf/article/view/238

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