Epidemiology of Assertiveness and Emotion Management Disorders in People With Tourette's Syndrome

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this study is to evaluate the proportion of assertiveness difficulties in Tourette syndrome. Participants will complete several e-questionnaires (on assertiveness, Tourette severity, quality of life, self-esteem and comorbidities like depression, anxiety...).

Official Title
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Epidemiology of Assertiveness and Emotion Management Disorders in People With Tourette's Syndrome

Conditions
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Tourette Syndrome

Intervention / Treatment
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* Diagnostic Test: Rathus Assertiveness scale


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Tourette syndrome Participants aged 18 years or over Exclusion Criteria: Participants under legal protection Inability to complete questionnaires alone

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Rathus Assertiveness scale<br>All participants | Diagnostic Test: Rathus Assertiveness scale<br>* Questionnaire completion<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rathus assertiveness questionnaire | The Rathus assertiveness questionnaire includes 30 items, each scores from -3 to +30. A total score inferior or equal to -9 reveals assertiveness difficulties. | 5 minutes at inclusion | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MOVES | The MOVES is a self-questionnaire including 20 items which measures the severity of the Tourette syndrome. Several scores are defined : motor tics, vocal tics, obsession, compulsion and other phenomena. The higher the score, the greater the severity. | less than 5 minutes at inclusion | 
| HADS | The HADS is a self-questionnaire to assess depression (7 items) and anxiety (7 items). | 3 minutes at inclusion | 
| ASRS-5 | The Adult AD-HD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-5) is a scale to assess the presence of Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. We used the first 6 items of the questionnaire for the screening of ADHD. The total score ranges from 0 to 24 and a cut off of 13 shows good screening performance. | 2 minutes at inclusion | 
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale | The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is a self-questionnaire on self-esteem. It includes 10 items. The lower the score, the lower the self-esteem. | 2-3 minutes at inclusion | 
| DERS | The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a self-questionnaire including 36 items. Lower scores indicate the presence of difficulties in emotion regulation. | 5 minutes at inclusion | 
| GTS-QoL | The GTS-QoL is a specific Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome Quality of Life Scale. It consists of 27 items giving 6 dimensions: Psychological, Physical and activities of daily life, Obsessive-compulsive, Cognitive, Social and Echo-coprophenomena, scored out of 100. The scores the highest represent a poorer quality of life. | 5 minutes at inclusion |