Parental Attitudes Toward Deep Brain Stimulation in Adolescents with Treatment-Resistant Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To examine parent's perceptions of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and whether DBS is perceived to be a viable and safe treatment for their adolescent child presenting with a severe, treatment-resistant neurological or psychiatric condition. Method: Two hundred and seventy-nine parents completed an online survey using Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Participants were presented with five vignette scenarios involving adolescents with severe, treatment-resistant neurological or psychiatric conditions: Rett syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Tourette syndrome. Parents were then asked to evaluate each scenario and rate overall acceptability of using DBS to improve their child's core symptoms. Data were collected o

SUBMITTER: Storch EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047254 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature