Applicability of Syncope Guidelines in Cataluña

Completed

• Conditions: Brief Loss of Consciousness
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)

• Registration Number: NCT01721369
• Lead Sponsor: Medtronic Bakken Research Center

Brief Summary

The aim of SYNCAT study is to study the level of adherence of the centers in Cataluña tu the Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 for the diagnosis and treatment of syncope and the impact that following them can have in the prognosis of these patients.

Detailed Description

The aim of SYNCAT study is to analyze the level of adherence of Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 for the management, diagnosis and treatment of syncope in a specific territory with similar health structure, the region of Cataluña in Spain that includes aprox. 7,000,000 inhabitants, including different complexity level of hospitals and the impact that following guidelines can have in the prognosis of these patients.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-04
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Results First Submitted: 2018-01-29
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-09-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-21
• Results First Posted: 2020-09-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 581

Inclusion Criteria

• Each patient that comes from the Emergency room and/or in office doctors visit (Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology...) with Transient Loss of Conscience (T-LOC)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients younger than 15 years old
• Pregnant women

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)	Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)	Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC). Treatment according to normal clinical practice.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Patients That Adhere to the 2009 Syncope Guidelines (ESC2009)	12 months	To analyze the number of patients that an etiologic diagnose was established according to the New Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 in the hospital care, in a particular community with hospitals with different levels of care in a specific region of Spain.