Table 1.
Selection criteria, healthcare services, and direct cost description.
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Inclusion criteria | Medical and medication history documented by medical records or statements from informed relatives during a period of up to 5 years (3, 21) |
| A clinically definite diagnosis of FMDs based on Gupta and Lang's diagnostic criteria (25) | |
| Age ≥16 years | |
| The presence of distractibility maneuvers and demonstration of positive signs (2) | |
| The presence of one (isolated FMDs) or more clinical motor symptoms (combined FMDs), including weakness, tremor, jerks, dystonia, gait disorders, parkinsonism, and facial motor disorders (3) | |
| Exclusion criteria | Cognitive or physical impairments precluding signing the informed consent form for participation in the study (3) |
| Health care services and costs | |
| Diagnostic test | Magnetic resonance imaging brain scan |
| Neurophysiological tests | |
| Electroencephalogram | |
| Computed tomography brain scan | |
| Electrocardiogram | |
| Lumbar puncture | |
| Specialist visits | General Neurologist |
| Neurosurgeon | |
| Psychiatrist and psychologist | |
| Orthopedist | |
| Pain specialist | |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| Rheumatologist | |
| Other | |
| Emergency room visit (ERs) | |
| Hospitalization | |
| Rehabilitation | Motor/neuromotor |
| Psychotherapy | |
| Pain management | |
| Physical therapy | |
| Other | |