Examining the impact of healthcare professional attitudes to functional neurological disorders and the lived experience of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

A range of research methodologies were employed to investigate both patient and healthcare practitioners' experiences and attitudes toward neurological presentations. <br><br>The systematic review is a qualitative synthesis of the literature exploring the lived experience of people with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD).

The systematic review methodology is outlined in detail. Five descriptive themes and two analytical themes which arose from qualitative synthesis are presented and discussed in the context of models which may be applied to understanding the lived experience of this population and the clinical implications of the review findings. <br><br>The second chapter is an empirical study of the attitudes of healthcare practitioners toward Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and associated clinical decision-making.