Journals / Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi / 2021 / Cilt: 58 - Sayı: 4

How do Physicians Manage Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder in the Emergency Department? A Vignette Study

Acil Serviste Hekimler Fonksiyonel Nörolojik Belirti Bozukluğu ve Somatik Belirti Bozukluğunu Nasıl Yönetiyor? Bir Vinyet Çalışması

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In the emergency department, physicians’ diagnostic and treatment preferences of conversion disorder may be influenced by lack of training in conversion disorder, rather than their personal characteristics.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: We aimed to explore how physicians from different specialties approach to the management of functional neurological symptom (conversion) and somatic symptom disorders in the emergency department compared with pulmonary embolism and how physicians’ professional and personal characteristics influence their diagnostic preferences.
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Key Findings & Data:In the univariable model, being a physician from psychiatry, emergency medicine, or internal medicine; being a specialist, history of childhood sexual abuse, dismissive, and fearful attachment styles of doctors were significant predictors of diagnosing functional neurological symptom disorder as malingering.
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Conclusion & Impact:In the emergency department, physicians’ diagnostic and treatment preferences of conversion disorder may be influenced by lack of training in conversion disorder, rather than their personal characteristics.
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Introduction: We aimed to explore how physicians from different specialties approach to the management of functional neurological symptom (conversion) and somatic symptom disorders in the emergency department compared with pulmonary embolism and how physicians’ professional and personal characteristics influence their diagnostic preferences. Methods: Using a vignette methodology, and cross-sectional design, three emergency department case vignettes of possible functional neurological symptom, somatic symptom disorder, and pulmonary embolism were presented to physicians from internal medicine, emergency medicine, and psychiatry. A structured survey including questions on diagnosis and management of these cases, and physicians’ professional and personal characteristics (childhood trauma, attachment style) was conducted. Results: Physicians from internal medicine and emergency medicine tended to consider functional neurological symptom disorder as ‘malingering’ while psychiatrists tended to consider the pulmonary embolism case as a psychiatric condition. Emergency medicine physicians preferred to manage functional neurological symptom disorder themselves, while other doctors endorsed recommending a psychiatric consultation. In the univariable model, being a physician from psychiatry, emergency medicine, or internal medicine; being a specialist, history of childhood sexual abuse, dismissive, and fearful attachment styles of doctors were significant predictors of diagnosing functional neurological symptom disorder as malingering. Being a psychiatrist stayed as the only significant predictor in the multivariable model. Conclusion: Objectively-aberrant functional neurological symptoms and subjective somatic symptoms may be creating different reactions in physicians. In the emergency department, physicians’ diagnostic and treatment preferences of conversion disorder may be influenced by lack of training in conversion disorder, rather than their personal characteristics.

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Amaç: Farklı uzmanlık dallarından hekimlerin acil serviste fonksiyonel nörolojik (konversiyon) belirti bozukluğu ve bedensel belirti bozukluğunu yönetimini, pulmoner embolinin yönetimi ile karşılaştırarak incelemeyi ve hekimlerin mesleki ve kişisel özelliklerinin tanı tercihlerini nasıl etkilediğini araştırmayı amaçladık. Yöntem: Vinyet yöntemi ve kesitsel tasarım kullanıldı. Olası fonksiyonel nörolojik belirti bozukluğu, bedensel belirti bozukluğu ve pulmoner emboli tanısı ile acil servise başvuran üç olgu, iç hastalıkları, acil tıp ve psikiyatri hekimlerine sunuldu. Bu olguların tanı ve tedavisine, ve hekimlerin mesleki ve kişisel özellikleri (çocukluk çağı travması, bağlanma biçimi) ne yönelik sorular içeren yapılandırılmış anket uygulandı. Bulgular: Dahiliye ve acil tıp hekimleri, fonksiyonel nörolojik belirti bozukluğunu “temaruz” olarak görme eğilimindeyken, psikiyatristler pulmoner emboli vakasını psikiyatrik bir durum olarak görme eğilimindeydiler. Acil tıp hekimleri, fonksiyonel nörolojik belirti bozukluğunu kendileri yönetmeyi tercih ederken, diğer doktorlar psikiyatri konsültasyonu önerdi. Tek değişkenli modelde psikiyatri, acil tıp veya dahiliye hekimi olmak; uzman olmak, çocukluk çağı cinsel istismarı, kayıtsız ve korkulu bağlanma biçimleri, fonksiyonel nörolojik belirti bozukluğunu temaruz olarak tanımlamayı yordamaktaydı. Çok değişkenli modelde tek anlamlı yordayıcı psikiyatri uzmanlık dalıydı. Sonuç: Nesnel olarak gözlenen anormal fonksiyonel nörolojik belirtiler ve öznel bedensel belirtiler hekimlerde farklı tepkilere yol açıyor olabilir. Acil serviste hekimlerin konversiyon bozukluğu tanı ve tedavi tercihleri, kişisel özelliklerinden ziyade konversiyon bozukluğu konusundaki eğitim eksikliğinden etkileniyor olabilir.

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KILIÇ, Ö., ESER, H. Y., NECEF, I., ALTUNÖZ, U., ÇAKMAK, Ö. Ö., AKTAŞ, C. (2021). How do Physicians Manage Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder in the Emergency Department? A Vignette Study. Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi, Cilt: 58 - Sayı: 4, 261–267. https://ajindex.com/articles/400063

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