Unveiling the enigma: physicians' perceptions of functional neurological disorders in Egypt—a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background In medical practice, it is common to see patients who present with physical symptoms for which no disease pathology can be found. The presence of neurological that are shown incompatible pathophysiology classically known as “conversion disorder” or “Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder” (FND). While FND in Egypt the rest world, few scientific studies systematically evaluate degree knowledge, attitude, and care provided by health professionals patients. We aimed assess Egyptian physicians’ perspectives on FND. Results A cross-sectional study has been conducted 152 physicians dealing practicing from specialties psychiatry, neurology, other specialties. found 45% participants, disordered functioning nervous system plus psychogenesis was accepted etiology behind Most participants were significantly not satisfied their education about ( p -value 0.01). Psychiatrists neurologists preferred use term while mainly used “psychic” “Somatization/Somatoform 0.001). Forty-four percent think they have a good knowledge functional disorders (FND), majority (86.8%) worried missing an organic disorder. most confident diagnosing comfortable discussing -values 0.055 0.007, respectively). Conclusion Here we highlight theme worry prevailing among healthcare mostly perplexed mechanisms FND, how communicate these themselves. Future directions need devoted minimizing gap between research finding currently applied care. Better teaching may improve patient