TY - JOUR AU - Nazar, Zahid AU - Awan, Naila Riaz AU - Akhtar, Javaid PY - 2011/10/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS IN PATIENTS WITH CONVERSION DISORDER PRESENTING WITH NON EPILEPTIC FIT JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 24 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1052 SP - AB - <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><p>Objective:</p></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"></span><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><p>Material and Methods:</p></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"></span><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><p>Results:</p></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"></span><p> </p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><p>Conclusion:</p></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"></span><p> </p></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Significantly higher number of the patients presents with the stressor of troubles with in-laws,</span><p> </p></p><p>when assessed on the Holmes and Rahe social scale.</p></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Stressors were clearly identified in all patients. Ninety six (95.04%) out of the total 101 subjects</span><p> </p></p><p>had a history of stressors, while the rest 5 (4.95%) could not come up with any. The commonest stressors</p><p>were Troubles with in-laws (21.78%), Major change in family get together (17.82%), Death of close family</p><p>member (12.87%) respectively.</p></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">This descriptive study was carried out at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar</span><p> </p></p><p>Pakistan from January to June 2009. 101 consecutive patients with conversion disorder satisfying the</p><p>inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected. They were interviewed by using Holmes and Rahe stress</p><p>scale for the exploration of stressors and the results were analyzed from the entries in the Proform.</p></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">To study the psychosocial stressors in patients with conversion disorder presenting with non</span><p> </p></p><p>epileptic fit.</p> ER -