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Epidemiology of Assertiveness and Emotion Management Disorders in People With Tourette's Syndrome

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Tourette Syndrome
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Rathus Assertiveness scale
Registration Number
NCT06136572
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the proportion of assertiveness difficulties in Tourette syndrome. Participants will complete several e-questionnaires (on assertiveness, Tourette severity, quality of life, self-esteem and comorbidities like depression, anxiety...).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
350
Inclusion Criteria
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Participants aged 18 years or over
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants under legal protection
  • Inability to complete questionnaires alone

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Rathus Assertiveness scaleRathus Assertiveness scaleAll participants
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rathus assertiveness questionnaire5 minutes at inclusion

The Rathus assertiveness questionnaire includes 30 items, each scores from -3 to +30. A total score inferior or equal to -9 reveals assertiveness difficulties.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ASRS-52 minutes at inclusion

The Adult AD-HD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-5) is a scale to assess the presence of Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. We used the first 6 items of the questionnaire for the screening of ADHD. The total score ranges from 0 to 24 and a cut off of 13 shows good screening performance.

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale2-3 minutes at inclusion

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is a self-questionnaire on self-esteem. It includes 10 items. The lower the score, the lower the self-esteem.

HADS3 minutes at inclusion

The HADS is a self-questionnaire to assess depression (7 items) and anxiety (7 items).

GTS-QoL5 minutes at inclusion

The GTS-QoL is a specific Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome Quality of Life Scale. It consists of 27 items giving 6 dimensions: "Psychological", "Physical and activities of daily life", "Obsessive-compulsive", "Cognitive", "Social" and "Echo-coprophenomena", scored out of 100. The scores the highest represent a poorer quality of life.

MOVESless than 5 minutes at inclusion

The MOVES is a self-questionnaire including 20 items which measures the severity of the Tourette syndrome. Several scores are defined : motor tics, vocal tics, obsession, compulsion and other phenomena. The higher the score, the greater the severity.

DERS5 minutes at inclusion

The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a self-questionnaire including 36 items. Lower scores indicate the presence of difficulties in emotion regulation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

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