Frequency of Neurological Disorders Misdiagnosed as Conversion Disorder in our Local Population

Authors

  • Ayesha Siddiqa Butt, Sadia Abdul Jabbar, Waleed Akhtar, Amjad Hussaain Balouch, Hateem Bakhsh Sobhi, Hanniyah Abdul Jabbar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22169775

Abstract

Aims and Objectives: To determine the frequency of Neurological Disorders, Misdiagnosed as Conversion Disorder in our local population

Study Design: Cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted at Psychiatry Department,  Akhtar Saeed Medical College & Hospital, Lahore Pakistan, from June, 2021 to December, 2021.

Data Collection: After meeting the inclusion criteria 115 patients were enrolled. CT brain, MRI brain and EEG were carried out to assess neurological symptoms in patients admitted with a diagnosis of conversion disorder. Misdiagnosis was labeled as per operational definition. All the data analyzed on SPSS version 23.

Results: In this study the mean age was (27.03±11.95) years, male to female ratio was 0.36:1. The CT and MRI diagnosed abnormal finding in 7(6.1%) patients, while EEG was abnormal in 2(1.7%) of these 7 patients, resulting in neurological disorders being diagnosed in 7(6.1%) patients. Hence, in this study misdiagnosed cases were 7(6.1%).

Conclusion: This study concluded that frequency of Neurological Disorders Misdiagnosed as Conversion Disorder is 6.09% in our local population.

Keywords: Conversion Disorder, Neurological disorder, EEG, MRI, CT

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Ayesha Siddiqa Butt, Sadia Abdul Jabbar, Waleed Akhtar, Amjad Hussaain Balouch, Hateem Bakhsh Sobhi, Hanniyah Abdul Jabbar. (2022). Frequency of Neurological Disorders Misdiagnosed as Conversion Disorder in our Local Population. Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences, 16(09), 775. https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22169775