Table 1.
Sequential assignment of hysterical conversion reaction (HCR) and alternate diagnoses during case patients’ hospitalizations
| Diagnoses assigned |
Hospital |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hospital A (N= 171) |
Hospital B (N= 277) |
(N=448) |
|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| HCR throughout hospitalization |
94 (55%) |
173 (62%) |
267 (60%) |
| HCR at admission, changed by discharge |
20 (12%) |
78 (28%) |
98 (22%) |
| HCR at discharge, not at admission |
56 (33%) |
22 (8%) |
78 (17%) |
| HCR as interim diagnosis only | 1 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 5 (1%) |