کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
340707 548349 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Changing the diagnosis from epilepsy to PNES: Patients’ experiences and understanding of their new diagnosis
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Changing the diagnosis from epilepsy to PNES: Patients’ experiences and understanding of their new diagnosis
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo describe patients’ experiences when diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES).MethodsThe study was based on in-depth interviews with ten patients, previously diagnosed with epilepsy and treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) whose seizures were subsequently defined as PNES. The empirical material was analyzed by systematic text condensing strategies within the interpretative tradition.ResultsSwitch in diagnosis was demanding, both cognitively and emotionally. The patients had difficulty understanding the diagnosis. When the cause of the seizures was unclear, this resulted in feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, a need for re-evaluation of self-understanding, and increased levels of patient stress. The patients felt that with the change in diagnosis, responsibility was transferred from the health authorities to themselves.ConclusionsThe mode of communicating the PNES diagnosis may be decisive for the patients’ treatment motivation and ability to cope with the disorder. In order to avoid the patients feeling that they have been abandoned with a difficult diagnosis, close cooperation between neurologists and psychiatrists is essential.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Seizure - Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 40–46
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