Therapist-guided and parent-guided internet-delivered behaviour therapy for paediatric Tourette's disorder: a pilot randomised controlled trial with long-term follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Behaviour therapy (BT) for Tourette's disorder (TD) and persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tic disorder (PTD) is rarely available. We evaluated the feasibility of adapting two existing BT protocols for TD/PTD (habit reversal training (HRT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP)) into a therapist-guided and parent-guided online self-help format.

Design

A pilot, single-blind, parallel group randomised controlled trial.

Setting

A specialist outpatient clinic in Sweden.

Participants

Twenty-three young people with TD/PTD, aged 8-16.

Interventions

Two 10-week therapist-guided and parent-guided internet-delivered programmes (called BIP TIC HRT and BIP TIC ERP).

Outcome

The primary outcome measure was the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. Bli

SUBMITTER: Andren P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398666 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature