AUTHOR=Wang Tao , Wang Fang , Li Yifei , Shi Xiaoqing , Duan Hongyu , Zhou Kaiyu , Hua Yimin 

TITLE=Clinical Characteristics of Personality and Conduct Disorders in Child Patients With Vasovagal Syncope: A Clinical Case-Control Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.778605

DOI=10.3389/fped.2021.778605

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objective:</bold> To analyze the clinical characteristics of abnormal personality and conduct disorders (CDs) in pediatric patients with vasovagal syncope (VVS).</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> In this study, we recruited patients diagnosed with VVS at Children's Heart Center from January 2018 to December 2020. Healthy children were recruited as controls. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Child edition (EPQ-C) and Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) were used for the assessment.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> One hundred and fifty-one VVS patients and 151 healthy controls were included in this study. Compared with the control group, patients in the VVS group had a higher incidence of abnormal personality and were more prone to suffer from CDs. Moreover, pediatric patients with VVS suffered more events of syncope recurrence if they had CDs.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Abnormal personality and CDs are common clinical characteristics in pediatric patients with VVS.</p>