The MOVES: A Self-Rating Scale for Tourette's Syndrome
Autor: | Jessica A. Hellings, Karl G. Sieg, Gary R. Gaffney |
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Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 4:269-280 |
ISSN: | 1557-8992 1044-5463 |
DOI: | 10.1089/cap.1994.4.269 |
Popis: | A self-report scale for the symptoms of Tourette's syndrome was designed to be quickly and easily completed by children, adolescents, or adults. The Motor tic, Obsessions and compulsions, Vocal tic Evaluation Survey (MOVES) generates scores on five subscales: Motor Tics, Vocal Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions, and Associated Symptoms (echolalia, echopraxia, coprolalia, copropraxia). Subscales scores can be combined to form a Tic Subscale or an Obsessive-Compulsive Subscale. A sample of patients with Tourette's syndrome (n = 30) scored significantly higher on the Total Scale and in all Subscales, in comparison with nonreferred community controls (n = 26) and psychiatric controls (n = 23). The MOVES subscales correlated significantly (Pearson = 0.6-0.8) with independent examiner-rated scales, including the Yale Tourette's Syndrome Global Severity Scale, Shapiro Tourette Clinical Rating Scale, and two scales for obsessive and compulsive symptoms (Assessor, Beaumont). The MOVES appeared sensitive to clinical cha... |
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