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    Prevalence and Associated Factors of Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder among Patients Attending Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at TASH from Hamle 1/2011 – Hamle 30/2013 E.C: a Retrospective Electro Medical Record Review
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-01) Mengiste, Selamawit; Tsigebrhan, Ruth(M.D., Consultant Psychiatrist); Belay, Getahun (M.D., Consultant psychiatrist)
    Background: Functional neurologic symptom disorder is one of the somatic symptom disorders characterized by different subtypes of presentations. Its prevalence and associated factors vary in between the developed and developing countries including the subtypes too. Study objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of functional neurologic symptom disorder in patients attending psychiatric clinic at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Method: A retrospective electronic medical record review was done. The study participants were selected from the registry of the outpatient psychiatric clinic in the duration of Hamle 1/2011 – Hamle 30/2013 E.C. Data was collected by means of data extraction sheet. The Collected data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 20. A descriptive analysis was conducted. Univariable then multiple logistic regression was done to determine the factors associated with FNSD. Results: In this study, there were a total of 2089 patients seen from the time of from Hamle 1/2011 – Hamle 30/2013 E.C. From the total seen patients 105 were diagnosed with conversion disorder making its prevalence 5.02% and incidence 2.20%. Most patients (63.8%) were below the age of 20, with mean age of presentation of 20 years and SD of 10 years. The mean duration of presentation was less than three months (45.7%). The commonest subtype of functional neurological symptom disorder was found to be attack or seizure (68.6%). The commonest psychiatric comorbidities were found to be mood spectrum disorders. Significant association was seen between age younger 20 years, female gender and urban area of residency and diagnosis of FNSD. Conclusion: The sociodemographic characteristics results from our study are comparable to other studies form a similar setup, and so are the clinical characteristics.