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AIM: To evaluate and compare how children with Tourette syndrome and parents rate
tic and non-tic behavioral related impairment in home, school, and social
domains; to compare these with clinician tic ratings; and to identify factors
that may predict greater impairment. METHOD: In a sample of 85 Tourette syndrome
and 92 healthy control families, the Child Tourette Syndrome Impairment Scale,
designed for parent-report and which includes 37 items rated for tic and non-tic
impairment, was administered to parents and, with the referent modified, to
children ages 9 to 17 years. Tic severity was rated using the Yale Global Tic
Severity Scale (YGTSS). Analyses utilized descriptive and multivariate
statistics. RESULTS: Tourette syndrome children's and parents' impairment ratings
were higher than HC (p<0.001) and correlated moderately (r=0.46 to 0.54;
p<0.001). Children's and parents' tic impairment ratings correlated with YGTSS
(r=0.36 to 0.37; p<0.001). Parents' average ratings were higher than children's
for 19 tic and all 37 non-tic impairment items. For 29 items, children self-rated
impairment higher for tics than non-tics. Diagnoses of
attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder had
larger effects on parent impairment ratings. INTERPRETATION: The Child Tourette
Syndrome Impairment Scale appears informative for child self-rating in Tourette
syndrome.
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