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- Title
The quality of life of young people with Tourette syndrome.
- Authors
Cutler, D.; Murphy, T.; Gilmour, J.; Heyman, I.
- Abstract
Background The study examined a UK sample of 57 young people with Tourette syndrome (TS). Aims The purpose of this study was to consider the impact of TS on young people's Quality of Life (QoL). Methods The study used a mixed methods design, combining focus groups and questionnaire data. Child report questionnaires measured QoL and TS symptom severity. Results The results showed that the QoL of children with TS was significantly worse than that of children in a UK normative sample. Analysis of transcripts from the groups identified four main themes; 'TS can be distressing and disabling', 'struggling to fit into society's expectations of normal behaviour', 'needing to control tics' and 'TS is one part of who I am'. Conclusions Poorer QoL was associated with increased symptom severity in terms of tics, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnosis and obsessive compulsive behaviours.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TOURETTE syndrome in children; QUALITY of life; TOURETTE syndrome in adolescence; BASIC needs; TIC disorders; PSYCHOMETRICS
- Publication
Child: Care, Health & Development, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 4, p496
- ISSN
0305-1862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00983.x