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ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2025

The Association of Quality of Life with Psychosocial Factors in Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome.

Kelly H Watson, Michelle Eckland, Jessica M Schwartzman, Andrew Molnar, Whitney Boon, Matthew Hiller, Seth Scholer, Rachel Mace, Alice Rothman, Daniel O Claassen and 2 more

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Article in Child psychiatry and human development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kelly H WatsonDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21St Avenue South, A-0118 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. k.watson@vumc.org.
Michelle EcklandDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21St Avenue South, A-0118 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Jessica M SchwartzmanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Andrew MolnarDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Whitney BoonDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Matthew HillerDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Seth ScholerDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Rachel MaceDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Alice RothmanDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Daniel O ClaassenDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21St Avenue South, A-0118 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Heather R RiordanPhelps Center for Cerebral Palsy and Neurodevelopmental Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David A IsaacsDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21St Avenue South, A-0118 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USKennedy Krieger Institute · US

Funding

Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) -Identifying correlates of functional immunity in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent plasmaUL1TR002243 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Paul A. Harris, Wesley H Self · 2017 to 2026
$130.7M
Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
Neurophysiologic Correlates of Sensory Over-Responsivity in Tourette SyndromeK23NS131592 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI David A Isaacs · 2023 to 2026
$707k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002243NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS131592NINDS NIH HHS K23NS131592Tourette Association of America 072720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) have poorer quality of life (QoL) than their peers, yet factors contributing to poor QoL in this population remain unclear. Research to date has predominantly focused on the impact of tics and psychiatric symptoms on QoL in TS samples. The aim of this cross-sectional, multi-informant study was to identify psychosocial variables that may impact adolescent QoL in TS. Thirty-eight adolescents aged 13 to 17 with TS and 28 age-matched controls participated with a caregiver. No group differences were found on QoL, although the TS group reported reduced QoL compared to population normative data. In the TS group, reduced QoL was associated with lower self-esteem, poorer family functioning, higher stress, and greater depression and anxiety; QoL was unrelated to tic severity. In regression analyses, after adjusting for covariates, family functioning was the strongest predictor of QoL. These results emphasize the need to further explore the influence of psychosocial factors, particularly family functioning, on QoL in adolescents with TS.

Indexed as

AnxietyDepressionOccupational StressTourette SyndromeAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPsychosocial FunctioningSelf ConceptAdolescenceFamily functioningQuality of lifeTicsTourette syndrome

Identifiers

PMID38311626
PMCPMC11661522
OpenAlexW4391519665

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