1. Sleep and chronotype in adults with persistent tic disorders
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Ricketts, Emily J, Montalbano, Gabrielle E, Burgess, Helen J, McMakin, Dana L, Coles, Meredith E, Piacentini, John, and Colwell, Christopher S
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Neurodegenerative ,Mental Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Tourette Syndrome ,Clinical Research ,Sleep Research ,Brain Disorders ,Neurosciences ,Mental health ,Adult ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Humans ,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ,Sleep ,Tic Disorders ,Tics ,chronotype ,impairment ,obsessive compulsive disorder ,sleep ,Tourette syndrome ,Cognitive Sciences ,Clinical Psychology ,Clinical sciences ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
ObjectiveThis study examined sleep disorders and sleep medication use rates, nighttime tics, and sleep and chronotype in relation to tic and co-occurring symptoms in adults with persistent tic disorders (PTDs), including Tourette's disorder (TD).MethodsOne hundred twenty-five adult internet survey respondents rated sleep history, sleep, chronotype, tic severity, impairment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety, depression, and emotional and behavioral dyscontrol.ResultsBruxism, insomnia, tic-related difficulty falling asleep, and melatonin use were commonly endorsed. Sleep disturbance correlated with impairment, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and emotional and behavioral dyscontrol. Eveningness correlated with vocal and total tic severity only in TD. Controlling for age and sex, age, impairment, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms predicted sleep disturbance, and age and tic severity predicted chronotype.ConclusionsImpairment and obsessive-compulsive symptoms play a role in sleep disturbance in adults with PTDs, and may be intervention targets. Eveningness relates to tic severity, which may suggest the utility of interventions to advance chronotype.
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- 2022