title: Outcome in conversion disorder: a follow up study.
abstract: Fifty six patients who had been admitted with a conversion disorder other than pseudoseizures were interviewed; mostly by telephone. The median interval was 4.5 years. If a patient had improved during a stay in hospital the eventual outcome was good in 96%, against only 30% in the others (risk ratio 3.2 (95% CI 1.8-5.6)). Rapid improvement was, in turn, related to recent onset of the symptoms. Two patients (4%) subsequently developed an organic deficit that, in retrospect, might be related to the initial episode.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Couprie
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Wijdicks
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rooijmans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Gijn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis