Passive Thoughts in Functional Movement Disorders

Launched by WESTERN UNIVERSITY, CANADA · May 27, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

To evaluate passive thoughts in functional movement disorders (FMD), we will collect data from 30 FMD patients and 30 healthy controls. Patients will be recruited from the movement disorders clinic and the integrated functional movement disorders clinic at LHSC. Both groups will be asked to complete the paper-based Mind Excessively Wandering Scale (MEWS) to evaluate passive thoughts. Additionally, FMD patients will complete the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), a 36-item self-administered questionnaire designed to measure disability over the past 30 ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion criteria for cases:
• • 1. Diagnosed with a functional movement disorder by the neurologist.
• • 2. Able to understand and read English.
• Exclusion criteria for cases:
• • 1. Unable to understand and read English.
• • 2. Diagnosed with dementia.