Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure attacks post diagnosis and the occurrence of new medically unexplained symptoms: attack free patients versus non-attack free patients
New MUS | Factor predicting new MUS | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
All (n=187) | 44/187 (23.5%) | History of health related psychological trauma | 4.34 (1.56 to 12.06) | 0.005 |
Attack free (n=71) | 14/71 (19.7%) | Drawing disability benefits | 5.04 (1.46 to 17.45) | 0.011 |
Non-attack free (n=116) | 30/116 (25.9%) | History of health related psychological trauma | 18.00 (3.62 to 89.61) | <0.0005 |
MUS, medically unexplained symptom.