Sensory phenomena related to tics, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and global functioning in Tourette syndrome

Abstract Objectives Sensory phenomena, including premonitory urges, are experienced by patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The goal of the present study was to investigate such phenomena related to tics, obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), and global functi...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 2015-10, Vol.62, p.141-146
Main Authors: Kano, Yukiko, Matsuda, Natsumi, Nonaka, Maiko, Fujio, Miyuki, Kuwabara, Hitoshi, Kono, Toshiaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Comorbidity
Female
Hoarding disorder
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - etiology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - physiopathology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Problem Solving
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Religion
Sensation - physiology
Sexual Behavior
Studies
Symmetry
Teenagers
Tic Disorders - etiology
Tic Disorders - physiopathology
Tic Disorders - psychology
Tics
Tourette syndrome
Tourette Syndrome - physiopathology
Tourette Syndrome - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Objectives Sensory phenomena, including premonitory urges, are experienced by patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The goal of the present study was to investigate such phenomena related to tics, obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), and global functioning in Japanese patients with TS. Methods Forty-one patients with TS were assessed using the University of São Paulo Sensory Phenomena Scale (USP-SPS), the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS), the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS), the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS), and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale. Results USP-SPS and PUTS total scores were significantly correlated with YGTSS total and vocal tics scores. Additionally, both sensory phenomena severity scores were significantly correlated with DY-BOCS total OCS scores. Of the six dimensional OCS scores, the USP-SPS scores were significantly correlated with measures of aggression and sexual/religious dimensions. Finally, the PUTS total scores were significantly and negatively correlated with GAF scores. Conclusions By assessing premonitory urges and broader sensory phenomena, and by viewing OCS from a dimensional approach, this study provides significant insight into sensory phenomena related to tics, OCS, and global functioning in patients with TS.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.07.006