Evaluation of Individualized Multi-Disciplinary Inpatient Treatment for Functional Movement Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Functional movement disorders (FMD) are associated with considerable morbidity and impairment of quality of life. Specialized treatment is scarce and data on efficacy of different therapies are limited.

Objective

To evaluate a multi-modal inpatient treatment program for patients with FMD.

Methods

Thirty-one patients with FMD were analyzed before (t1) and after multi-modal inpatient treatment (t2) by a blinded video rating using the Psychogenic Movement Disorder Rating Scale (PMDRS), the simplified Functional Movement Disorder Rating Scale (S-FMDRS), and the Clinical Global Impression Scale of Severity (CGI-S), as well as patients' self-rating. In 23 out of 31 patients a 5 months follow-up investigation was performed (t3). Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Fried

SUBMITTER: Schmidt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354066 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature