David A Isaacs, Ashruta Narapareddy, Michelle R Eckland, Heather R Riordan
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Abstract
Objective: Among adults with Tourette syndrome, depression and anxiety symptoms are widely prevalent and consistently associated with poor quality of life. Important knowledge gaps remain regarding mood and anxiety dimensions of the adult Tourette syndrome phenotype. Taking a dimensional approach, this study sought to determine the prevalence, severity, and clinical correlates of depression and anxiety symptoms in a clinical sample of adults with Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of all adults with a chronic tic disorder presenting to a tertiary care Tourette syndrome clinic between December 2020 and July 2022. Information extracted during chart review included data from scales administered as part of routine care: Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) Depression Short Form, Neuro-QoL Anxiety Short Form, Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Screening Scale, Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. Relationships between variables were examined by conducting between-group, correlation, and multivariable regression analyses.
Results: Data from 120 adult patients with a chronic tic disorder (77 men and 43 women) were analyzed. Neuro-QoL Anxiety scores were elevated in 66% of the cohort; Neuro-QoL Depression scores were elevated in 26%. Neuro-QoL Anxiety scores were significantly higher than general population norms, whereas Neuro-QoL Depression scores were not. After adjustment for covariates, depressive and anxiety symptom severity scores were significantly associated with each other and with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom severity but not with tic severity. Sex-based differences emerged in the analyses.
Conclusions: Among adults with chronic tic disorder, anxiety symptoms were more prevalent and severe than depressive symptoms, co-occurring psychiatric symptoms were more tightly linked with each other than with tic severity, and sex-based differences were evident.
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As the official Journal of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, the premier North American organization of clinicians, scientists, and educators specializing in behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and the clinical neurosciences, the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (JNCN) aims to publish works that advance the science of brain-behavior relationships, the care of persons and families affected by neurodevelopmental, acquired neurological, and neurodegenerative conditions, and education and training in behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry. JNCN publishes peer-reviewed articles on the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral manifestations of neurological conditions, the structural and functional neuroanatomy of idiopathic psychiatric disorders, and the clinical and educational applications and public health implications of scientific advances in these areas. The Journal features systematic reviews and meta-analyses, narrative reviews, original research articles, scholarly considerations of treatment and educational challenges in behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry, analyses and commentaries on advances and emerging trends in the field, international perspectives on neuropsychiatry, opinions and introspections, case reports that inform on the structural and functional bases of neuropsychiatric conditions, and classic pieces from the field’s rich history.