| Literature DB >> 34940916 |
Rosa Michaelis1,2, Norbert Brüggemann3,4, Georg Ebersbach5, Christos Ganos6, Alexander Münchau7, Tamara Schmidt5, Anne Weißbach7, Uwe Schlegel8, Stoyan Popkirov8.
Abstract
From shell shock tremors to TikTok tics, functional movement disorders have long been assumed to be motor expressions of emotional turmoil. However, psychodynamic explanations are increasingly complemented by neurophysiological findings, meaning that specialized physiotherapy is gaining in importance alongside psychotherapy. Still, there is no disease-specific outcome measure that adequately assesses patient-relevant aspects of this heterogeneous condition. Such a questionnaire was developed and its content was validated in a multistage development process. The relevance and comprehensibility of the items were first evaluated by a panel of experts and then by affected patients, and questions and possible response categories were adjusted accordingly. The resultant revised questionnaire yields good content-related validity and thus allows, for the first time, a quantification of the subjective complaints and implications associated with functional movement disorders. The next step will be a multicenter study to analyze the psychometric properties and factorial structure of this new instrument.Entities:
Keywords: Conversion disorder; Dissociative movement disorder; Outcome measure; Patient-reported outcome measure; Psychogenic
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34940916 PMCID: PMC9534974 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-021-01247-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nervenarzt ISSN: 0028-2804 Impact factor: 1.297
