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Table 1 Sociodemographic information of study samples

From: “That pulled the rug out from under my feet!” – adverse experiences and altered emotion processing in patients with functional neurological symptoms compared to healthy comparison subjects

 

FNS patients

HC

FNS patients vs. HC

 

Overall

F44.4/F44.6

F44.7

n

45

15

30

45

 

Gender (f/m)

32/13

11/4

21/9

31/14

Chi2 = .05, p = 0.82

Age (M ± SD)

40.4 ± 13.9

39.1 ± 16.1

41 ± 12.9

44.8 ± 15.3

t(88) = 1.44, p = 0.16

Years schooling (M ± SD)

10.1 ± 1.7

10.1 ± 1.6

10.1 ± 1.8

11.5 ± 1.6

t(88) = 3.9, p < 0.001

PTSD (n)

11

1

10

0

Chi2 = 12.53, p < 0.001

  1. Note. FNS = functional neurological symptoms; F44.4/F44.6 = dissociative movement or sensitivity disorders; F44.7 = multiple dissociative movement and sensitivity disorders; HC = healthy comparison subjects; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; f = female; m = male
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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