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NCT Number: NCT05566236

Board Game Project for Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome

The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using a board game to improve adolescents' tics, mental health, and interpersonal interactions.

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Key information

Conditions

Tourette Syndrome in Adolescence Basal Ganglia Diseases Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Depression Genetic Diseases, Inborn Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System Mental Disorders Movement Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurodevelopmental Disorders Psychosocial Functioning Social Adjustment Social Behavior Tic Disorders Tourette Syndrome

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chang Gung hospital

Taoyuan City, 333, Taiwan

About this study

This study utilizes a randomized control study design. According to the situated learning theory and qualitative research findings, this study develops a board game. This study enrolled adolescents with Tourette syndrome aged 12 to 18 as the subjects. Participants played board games at home at least once (about 60 minutes) a week for four consecutive weeks. The control group received the usual standard of care (psychoeducation regarding Tourette Syndrome and one 50-mg tablet of pyridoxine daily). The effectiveness indicators include self-reported status of positive mental health, tics severity, social adjustment, and depression by adolescents with TS.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years were diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome or chronic tics disorder by a pediatrician, according to the DSM V.
  • Ability to speak and understand Mandarin.
  • Adolescents and their parents were willing to participate and fill in consent forms.

Exclusion criteria

· Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome have mental illness and serious diseases.

Treatment and study plan

board game

Behavioral

A board game was designed based on situated learning theory and the results of relevant studies. This board game contains a summary, answer booklet, and multiple card game tasks including situations of interpersonal interaction. The participants must discuss, share personal experiences, and find the answer together.

Other names: Non

Primary outcomes

  1. Positive Mental Health Scale

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).

    This study will use the Positive Mental Health Scale(25 items) to evaluate adolescents' degree of positive mental health. The lowest and highest total scores were 25 and 125, respectively. A high score indicates favorable positive mental health.

  2. Yale Global Tic Severity Scale

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).

    The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) will assess participants' motor and vocal tics' frequency, intensity, number, complexity, and interference. YGTSS also includes an overall Impairment Rating to determine each participant's interpersonal, academic, and occupational skill domains. Finally, the Global Severity Score will be acquired by adding the Total Motor Tic Score(0-25), Total Vocal Tic Score (0-25), and Overall Impairment Rating (0-50). The YGTSS has a total score ranging from 0 to 100, with the high score indicating a higher tics severity.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social adjustment scale for adolescents with Tourette syndrome

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).

    This study will use the social adjustment scale for adolescents with Tourette syndrome(17 items) to assess participants' level of social adjustment. The lowest and highest total scores were 17 and 68, respectively. A high score indicates favorable social adjustment.

  2. Chinese Version Beck Youth Inventories II (depression inventory)

    Time frame: Pre-intervention (baseline), immediately after completion of the intervention (4 weeks after baseline) and at follow-up (12 weeks post-baseline).

    Chinese Version Beck Youth Inventories II (depression inventory)will used in this research to evaluate adolescents' depression. The depression inventory(20 items) has a total score ranging from 0 to 60, with a high score indicating a higher depression.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Other

Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Children's Hospital
  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Registry information

Official study title

Study on the Effectiveness of an Evidence-based Board Game Project to Help Improve Tics and Interpersonal Interactions of Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Oct 4, 2022
Registry last updated
Nov 4, 2024

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