Table 3 Previous surveys on neurophobia
Country | Subjects | No | Difficulty | Three most common reasons of difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom [4] | medical students, senior house officers, general practitioner | 345 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | Poor teaching Trouble with neuroanatomy Trouble with clinical examination |
Ireland [5] | medical students and junior doctors | 457 | Rank 1st among the 8 medical specialties | Limited patient exposure Complex diagnosis Not enough teaching |
Trinidad & Tobago [16] | medical students | 167 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | Need to know basic sciences Complex clinical examination Large number of diagnoses |
United States [6] | medical students, residents | 152 | Rank 1st among the 8 medical specialties | Limited patient exposure Neuroanatomy Insufficient teaching |
Singapore [7] | medical students, junior doctors | 289 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | - |
Sri Lanka [14] | medical students, non-specialist doctors | 248 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | 1. Neuroanatomy 2. Complex clinical examination |
United Kingdom [8] | medical students | 2877 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | Neuroanatomy Basic neuroscience Lack of diagnostic certainty |
Northern Ireland [12] | general practice trainees | 118 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | Limited opportunity to work with a neurologist Not enough teaching Limited patient exposure |
Canada [13] | medical students | 187 | 24% afraid of clinical neurology 32% afraid of academic neuroscience | - |
Saudi Arabia [17] | medical students, junior physicians | 422 | 84.4% found neurology difficult | - |
Fifteen countries in Africa [15] | medical students | 294 | Rank 1st among the 7 medical specialties | Neuroanatomy Inadequate diagnostic tests Lack of diagnostic certainty |