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- Title
Tic Severity and Treatment in Children: The Effect of Comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors.
- Authors
Pringsheim, Tamara
- Abstract
While attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive compulsive disorder have been shown to have major impacts on quality of life in individuals with Tourette syndrome, there is comparatively little data on how the presence of these comorbidities influence tic severity and treatment. 114 children (mean age 10.25 years) were extensively clinically phenotyped at a single specialty clinic. While there was no difference in Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) scores in children with versus without ADHD, children with obsessive compulsive behaviors had significantly higher YGTSS scores (p = 0.008). There was a significant correlation between YGTSS scores and age (r = 0.344, p < 0.001). Children with ADHD were more likely to be treated for their tics within the first two years of diagnosis (OR 3.51, p = 0.009). As tic severity does not appear to be greater in children with ADHD, this association may relate to greater overall psychosocial impairment in children with this comorbidity.
- Subjects
TOURETTE syndrome in children; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder in children; COMORBIDITY; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2017, Vol 48, Issue 6, p960
- ISSN
0009-398X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10578-017-0718-z