PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM DISORDER

  • Dr. Farah Rasheed Senior Registrar Multan Medical and Dental College Multan
  • Adeena Rasheed Mphil, Department of Applied Psychology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
  • Rizwan Mushtaq Bhutta Alshifa Brain Hospital and Neuro surgery Center, Muzzafergarh
  • Khizra iqbal Clinical Psychologist, Nishtar Hospital Multan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63050/jpps.22.02.1005
Keywords: Psychosocial Factors, Mental Health, Conversion Disorder

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the symptom type, sociodemographic factors and preceding events in patients with Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder.
STUDY DESIGN
Cross-sectional study
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY
The study was conducted at Nishtar Medical University, Multan in a period of three months from 1st January 2024 to 1st March 2024.
METHOD
Data has been collected through purposive sampling technique from a sample of N=50. The Conversion Disorder Questionnaire Australian Paediartic Surveillance Unit has been used in the study as the main tool.
RESULTS
Results showed that symptoms of FNSD were more likely to exhibit in patients who are unmarried, females, with joint families, have lower socioeconomic status or less education. It is also observed that the duration of illness is acute in most of the patients.
CONCLUSION
Female gender, less education, lower socioeconomic status, joint family, rural living and single marital status are sociodemographic factors more prevalent in FNSD.

 KEYWORDS
Symptom type, sociodemographic factors, Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Dr Naeem Ullah Leghari Professor (r) (MBBS,FCPS Psychiatry)
Dr Owais Kareem Associate Professor (MBBS, FCPS Psychiatry)
Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society Volume 22 Issue 02 (April- June 2025)
Published
2025-06-27
How to Cite
1.
Dr. Farah Rasheed, Adeena Rasheed, Rizwan Mushtaq Bhutta, iqbal K. PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM DISORDER. J Pak Psychiatr Soc [Internet]. 2025Jun.27 [cited 2025Jul.1];22(02). Available from: https://www.jpps.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/1005
Issue
Vol 22 No 02 (2025): Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society
Section
Original Article

Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Copyright © JPPS. Published by Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Licensing: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Readers may “Share-copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format” and “Adapt-remix, transform, and build upon the material”. The readers must give appropriate credit to the source of the material and indicate if changes were made to the material. Readers may not use the material for commercial purposes. The readers may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.