Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, N = 201 Massachusetts General Hospital, N = 131
Graded items
Percentage correct 81% (7%) 64% (24%)
Likert-style items2
I understand the concept of functional neurological disorder 4.55 (0.60) 4.18 (0.60)
I am comfortable discussing functional neurological disorders with patients 4.00 (0.86) 3.36 (1.43)
Based on history and exam, I can usually determine a patient with a true functional neurological disorder from someone who is malingering ("faking it") 3.25 (1.02) 3.27 (1.19)
Patients with a functional neurological disorder have a psychiatric diagnosis underlying their symptoms 2.35 (1.14) 2.18 (0.60)
Seeing patients with functional disorders negatively affects my interest in medicine 1.70 (1.13) 2.00 (1.18)
I get frustrated by patients with functional neurological disorders 2.10 (1.21) 2.00 (1.18)
Functional neurological disorders should be treated by a psychiatrist rather than a neurologist 2.20 (1.01) 3.00 (0.63)
1 Mean% (SD%)
2 Scale where 1 = "strongly disagree" and 5 = "strongly agree"; MGH group N = 11 for these items.