Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.68-76
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- 1996
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- 2233-9183(eISSN)
FOLLOWF-UP STUDY OF THE TIC DISORDERS
틱 장애 환자의 추적 조사
- Shin, Zong-Hun (Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
- Jung, Chul-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Hee-Cheol (Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
- Published : 1996.06.29
Abstract
30 DSM-III or DSM-III-R tic patients were assessed by hospital records and Yale Global Tic Severity Scale to study the common characteristics, clinical course and longterm outcome of tic disorders after 3.1-18.1 years, 73.3% of the patients(treated or untreated) have recovered or partially improved. Identifical precipitating factors were found in 9 patients. Associated disorders were ADHD, sleep disorder, and so on. The outcome according to age of onset, duration of follow-up and diagnoses have no statistically significance. Increased age at follow up was influenced improvement of tic symptoms, though statistically not significant(p=0.327). These results suggest that the outcome of tic disorder is not ominous and they are relatively good social adjustment inspite of carrying the tic symptoms. But this study has some limitations such as retrospective study and sample size. Studies designed prospectively with large sample would be needed to generalize theses results.
이 연구에는 틱장애에서 나타나는 공통적 특징을 파악하고 경과 및 예후를 평가하기 위하여 Yale Global Tic Severity Scale(YGTSS)을 이용하여 1984년 1월에서 1994년 8월까지 동산의료원 정신과를 방문한 IS세 이하 틱장애 환자들 중 추적 조사가 가능한 30명을 대상으로