Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations

Awareness of premonitory urge in Tourette syndrome (TS) may facilitate tic suppression; however, previous studies have not supported this observation. We aimed to clarify the relationship between tic-associated sensation and tic suppression by identifying the subtypes of tic-associated sensations, i...

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Main Authors: Natsumi Matsuda, Maiko Nonaka, Toshiaki Kono, Miyuki Fujio, Marina Nobuyoshi, Yukiko Kano
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00592/full
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author Natsumi Matsuda
Natsumi Matsuda
Natsumi Matsuda
Maiko Nonaka
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Toshiaki Kono
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Miyuki Fujio
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Marina Nobuyoshi
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Yukiko Kano
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Maiko Nonaka
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Miyuki Fujio
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Marina Nobuyoshi
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description Awareness of premonitory urge in Tourette syndrome (TS) may facilitate tic suppression; however, previous studies have not supported this observation. We aimed to clarify the relationship between tic-associated sensation and tic suppression by identifying the subtypes of tic-associated sensations, including the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS). We developed a new questionnaire called “Rumination and Awareness Scale for tic-associated sensations” (RASTS) to assess the two additional aspects of tic-associated sensations: the intensity of somatosensory hyperawareness and the ability to identify signals of emerging tics. Sixty-two individuals with TS participated in the study (mean age = 19.2 ± 10.3 years). All participants completed the RASTS, PUTS, and Tic Suppression Scale. Of all participants, 41 were evaluated by the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS), while another group of 41 completed both the Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version (LOI-CV) and the Tics Symptom Self-Report (TSSR). Factor analyses including nine items of the PUTS and the RASTS were conducted, and their relationships with patients’ tic suppression ability were examined. The results support using RASTS for the two supposed dimensions (rumination about sensation and premonitory awareness) for assessing the two different tic-associated sensations, and PUTS for three dimensions for assessing the two types of quality of premonitory urges and intensity of premonitory urges. Premonitory awareness correlated with tic suppression ability. Conversely, rumination about sensation, PUTS total score, and the three subscales of PUTS correlated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In summary, being aware of signals for emerging tics facilitated self-initiated tic suppression, while ruminative tic-associated sensations did not. This study provides new insights into behavioral therapy for tics by identifying two distinct aspects of tic-associated sensations that include premonitory urges.
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spelling doaj.art-44f5372269ea44768f22330b1a0bdb132022-12-21T19:44:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402020-07-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.00592543501Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated SensationsNatsumi Matsuda0Natsumi Matsuda1Natsumi Matsuda2Maiko Nonaka3Maiko Nonaka4Toshiaki Kono5Toshiaki Kono6Miyuki Fujio7Miyuki Fujio8Marina Nobuyoshi9Marina Nobuyoshi10Yukiko Kano11Yukiko Kano12Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Human Studies, Shirayuri University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanCourse of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Teikyo University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanCourse of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Child Psychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanAwareness of premonitory urge in Tourette syndrome (TS) may facilitate tic suppression; however, previous studies have not supported this observation. We aimed to clarify the relationship between tic-associated sensation and tic suppression by identifying the subtypes of tic-associated sensations, including the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS). We developed a new questionnaire called “Rumination and Awareness Scale for tic-associated sensations” (RASTS) to assess the two additional aspects of tic-associated sensations: the intensity of somatosensory hyperawareness and the ability to identify signals of emerging tics. Sixty-two individuals with TS participated in the study (mean age = 19.2 ± 10.3 years). All participants completed the RASTS, PUTS, and Tic Suppression Scale. Of all participants, 41 were evaluated by the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS), while another group of 41 completed both the Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version (LOI-CV) and the Tics Symptom Self-Report (TSSR). Factor analyses including nine items of the PUTS and the RASTS were conducted, and their relationships with patients’ tic suppression ability were examined. The results support using RASTS for the two supposed dimensions (rumination about sensation and premonitory awareness) for assessing the two different tic-associated sensations, and PUTS for three dimensions for assessing the two types of quality of premonitory urges and intensity of premonitory urges. Premonitory awareness correlated with tic suppression ability. Conversely, rumination about sensation, PUTS total score, and the three subscales of PUTS correlated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In summary, being aware of signals for emerging tics facilitated self-initiated tic suppression, while ruminative tic-associated sensations did not. This study provides new insights into behavioral therapy for tics by identifying two distinct aspects of tic-associated sensations that include premonitory urges.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00592/fullTourette syndrometicssuppressionpremonitory urgebehavioral therapy
spellingShingle Natsumi Matsuda
Natsumi Matsuda
Natsumi Matsuda
Maiko Nonaka
Maiko Nonaka
Toshiaki Kono
Toshiaki Kono
Miyuki Fujio
Miyuki Fujio
Marina Nobuyoshi
Marina Nobuyoshi
Yukiko Kano
Yukiko Kano
Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Tourette syndrome
tics
suppression
premonitory urge
behavioral therapy
title Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
title_full Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
title_fullStr Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
title_full_unstemmed Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
title_short Premonitory Awareness Facilitates Tic Suppression: Subscales of the Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale and a New Self-Report Questionnaire for Tic-Associated Sensations
title_sort premonitory awareness facilitates tic suppression subscales of the premonitory urge for tics scale and a new self report questionnaire for tic associated sensations
topic Tourette syndrome
tics
suppression
premonitory urge
behavioral therapy
url https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00592/full
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