Table 6 Characteristics of included studies
Author, year of publication | Study design | N | Characteristics of the sample | Setting | Duration / intensity of treatment | Follow-up | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. K. Brazier 1997 [17] | Retrospective observational study | / | Age 10–16 Diagnosis: Conversion disorder | Hospital | Duration: 3 weeks Intensity: once a day (time for the session not known) | / | YES |
P. Calvert 2003 [16] | Retrospective Case Report | 1 | Age 14 Diagnosis: SSRD | Hospital Outpatient clinic | Duration: 3Â weeks Intensity: two to three times a week (outpatient clinic); four times a week (hospital) | 2Â months | YES |
T.L FitzGerald 2014 [8] | Systematic review | / | Age 0–18 Diagnosis: Conversion disorder | Hospital Outpatient clinic | Hospitalization duration: from 3 days to 16 weeks Therapy duration: from 2.5 weeks to 16 weeks | 7 years | YES |
M. Gerner 2016 [15] | Retrospective observational study | 50 | Age 6–18 Diagnosis: DSS | Hospital Outpatient clinic | Outpatient clinic: one to three times a week Hospital: six times a week (time for session not known) | 1 year | YES |
J.L Gooch 1997 [11] | Retrospective case series | 3 | Age 9–18 Diagnosis: Conversion disorder | Hospital | Duration: from 3 days to six weeks Intensity not known | / | YES |
C.S. Maynard 2010 [9] | Retrospective observational study | 41 | Age 8–21 Diagnosis: Pain-associated disability syndrome | Hospital | Duration: from four days to seventy-eight days Intensity not known | 3 months | YES |
G. Mesaroli 2019 [14] | Retrospective Case Report | 1 | Age 14 Diagnosis: Conversion disorder | Outpatient clinic | Intensity: eight sessions of 1Â h each How many times a week not known Duration: three months | / | YES |
T.M. Palermo 2001 [10] | Retrospective Case Report | 1 | Age 11 Diagnosis: DSS | Hospital | Duration: twenty.two days Intensity not known | 6Â months | YES |
G. Ryu 2014 [12] | Retrospective Case Report | 1 | Age 13 Diagnosis: Conversion disorder | Hospital | Duration: three weeks Intensity: forty minutes, two times a day | 2Â months | YES |