ĐẶC ĐIỂM CÁC TRIỆU CHỨNG VẬN ĐỘNG VÀ CẢM GIÁC Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH RỐI LOẠN CƠ THỂ HÓA

Abstract

We conducted a study with the aim of describing characteristics of motor and sensory symptoms in patients with somatization disorder. This is a study using cross-sectional descriptive method, included 54 patients who came for examination and treatment in National  Institute of Mental Health - Bach Mai hospital. Results: Patients with somatization disorder were mainly female, the average age was 49.1±12.7, most of them were married (88.9%) and had education level of secondary school. Among motor symptoms, dissociative motor symptoms were the most common (38.9%). Other symptoms were dissociative weakness (14.8%), dissociative dysphagia (3.7%), and no cases of dissociative Parkinson's symptoms, dissociative myoclonus, dissociative dystonia, or dissociative tics had been found. Among  sensory symptoms, dissociative numbness was the most common (70.4%), followed by dissociative paresthesia (37.0%), dissociative pain (25.9%), and the least common was dissociative sensory loss (1.9%). Sensory symptoms often appeared suddenly (54.8%) and were more frequent in the left side (47.6%) than in  the right side (19.0%).