Board Game Project for Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence; Social Adjustment; Psychosocial Functioning
• Interventions: Behavioral: board game

• Registration Number: NCT05566236
• Lead Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using a board game to improve adolescents' tics, mental health, and interpersonal interactions.

Detailed Description

This study utilizes a randomized control study design. According to the situated learning theory and qualitative research findings, this study develops a board game. This study enrolled adolescents with Tourette syndrome aged 12 to 18 as the subjects. Participants played board games at home at least once (about 60 minutes) a week for four consecutive weeks. The control group received the usual standard of care (psychoeducation regarding Tourette Syndrome and one 50-mg tablet of pyridoxine daily). The effectiveness indicators include self-reported status of positive mental health, tics severity, social adjustment, and depression by adolescents with TS.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-20
• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-30
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-04
• Primary Completion: 2024-07-01
• Study Completion: 2024-08-01
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years were diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome or chronic tics disorder by a pediatrician, according to the DSM V.
• Ability to speak and understand Mandarin.
• Adolescents and their parents were willing to participate and fill in consent forms.

Read More

Exclusion Criteria

· Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome have mental illness and serious diseases.

Read More

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	board game	The participants played the board game at least once at home every week. In addition, the 60 minutes parent-child co-learning board game was played for 4 consecutive weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Positive Mental Health Scale	Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).	This study will use the Positive Mental Health Scale(25 items) to evaluate adolescents' degree of positive mental health. The lowest and highest total scores were 25 and 125, respectively. A high score indicates favorable positive mental health.
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale	Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).	The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) will assess participants' motor and vocal tics' frequency, intensity, number, complexity, and interference. YGTSS also includes an overall Impairment Rating to determine each participant's interpersonal, academic, and occupational skill domains. Finally, the Global Severity Score will be acquired by adding the Total Motor Tic Score(0-25), Total Vocal Tic Score (0-25), and Overall Impairment Rating (0-50). The YGTSS has a total score ranging from 0 to 100, with the high score indicating a higher tics severity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social adjustment scale for adolescents with Tourette syndrome	Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).	This study will use the social adjustment scale for adolescents with Tourette syndrome(17 items) to assess participants' level of social adjustment. The lowest and highest total scores were 17 and 68, respectively. A high score indicates favorable social adjustment.
Chinese Version Beck Youth Inventories II (depression inventory)	Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).	Chinese Version Beck Youth Inventories II (depression inventory)will used in this research to evaluate adolescents' depression. The depression inventory(20 items) has a total score ranging from 0 to 60, with a high score indicating a higher depression.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chang Gung hospital; 🇨🇳 Taoyuan City, Taiwan