Working restrictions and disability benefits eligibility in patients with functional (psychogenic) seizures: An international survey of physicians’ opinions

•Neurologists tended to counsel the patients not to avoid performing all jobs.•More work experience was associated with a similar opinion as above.•Psychiatrists thought that patients should be qualified for disability benefits. In this international study, we aimed to investigate the opinions of physicians dealing with patients with functional seizures (FS) worldwide on working restrictions and disability benefits eligibility. International online survey of neurologists/mental health professionals from Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Italy, France, Iran, Iraq, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, and Russia. Six hundred and twenty-seven physicians from 12 countries participated in the study. Working as a neurologist was a predictor to think that patients with FS should not be counseled to avoid performing all jobs or professions as long as they have active disease (OR: 0.46; 95% CI: 0.30 to 0.68; p