Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with PF
From: Psychogenic fever and neurodevelopmental disorders among Japanese children
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Patients, n | 21 |
Age (years), Median (low–high) | 13.0 (8.6–14.9) |
Sex, n | |
Male | 7 |
Female | 14 |
School level, n | |
Elementary school (8–12 years) | 8 |
Junior high school (13–15 years) | 13 |
No attendance at school, n (%) | 19 (90.1) |
Triggers and background of disease onset, n (including duplicates) | |
School friendship problems | 16 |
Academic failure | 9 |
Parental illness, neglect | 6 |
Sexual abuse | 1 |
Comorbidities, n (including duplicates) | |
Physical diseases | 19 |
Psychological diseases | 13 |
Neurodevelopmental disorders | 9 |
Previously diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder, n | |
Yes | 1 |
No | 8 |
Recurrent fever during treatment, n(%) | 9 (42.9) |
Outcome, n | |
End of remission | 9 |
Improved | 4 |
Discontinued | 1 |
Transferred to another hospital | 7 |
Period of the treatment duration (month), mean (SD) | 37.2 (39.1) |