ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice2023
Premonitory Urge and Tic Severity, Comorbidities, and Quality of Life in Chronic Tic Disorders.
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- The relationship between sensory phenomena and interoception across the obsessive-compulsive spectrum: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Premonitory urge in tic disorders - a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- The relationship between premonitory urges, interoceptive sensibility, alexithymia, psychological problems and tic severity in adolescents with tic disorders.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The effect of calendar month on tic severity in children and youth with Tourette syndrome.BJPsych open · 2026Article
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- Psychometric Properties of the MOVES Scale for Tourette Syndrome and Comorbidities in a Chinese Cultural Context.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Network Analysis of Premonitory Urges, Tic Symptoms, Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Drug-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Tic Disorder.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Longitudinal and cross-sectional predictors of sleep disturbance in a treatment follow-up sample with Tourette's disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Functional Tic-like Behaviors: From the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Post-Pandemic Era.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Comparing the 'When' and the 'Where' of Electrocortical Activity in Patients with Tourette Syndrome, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Sensory Phenomenon Assessment Scale: a new tool for assessment of tic-associated sensations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Non-just-right experiences are more closely related to OCD than tics in Tourette patients.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Tics are intimately associated with premonitory urges (PU) but knowledge about urges is still limited, with small sample sizes often limiting the generalizability of findings. Objectives: This study addressed the following open questions: (1) is tic severity associated with urge severity, (2) how common is relief, (3) which comorbidities are associated with urges, (4) are urges, tics, and comorbidities associated with lower quality of life, and (5) can complex and simple, motor and vocal tics be differentiated based on PU? Methods: N = 291 patients who reported a confirmed diagnosis of chronic primary tic disorder (age = 18-65, 24% female) filled out an online survey assessing demographic data, comorbid conditions, location, quality and intensity of PU, as well as quality of life. Every tic was recorded, and whether the patient experienced a PU, the frequency, intensity, and quality of that urge. Results: PU and tic severity were significantly associated, and 85% of urge-related tics were followed by relief. A diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depression, female gender, and older age increased the likelihood of experiencing PU, while more obsessive compulsive (OCD) symptoms and younger age were associated with higher urge intensities. PU, complex vocal tics, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression were related to lower quality of life. Motor and vocal, complex and simple tics did not differ regarding PU intensity, frequency, and quality, or relief. Conclusions: The results shed light on the relationship between PU, tics, comorbidities, age, gender, and quality of life in tic disorders.
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