Relationship between Characteristic of Symptoms and Executive Functions in Children with Tourette′s Syndrome
- VernacularTitle:Tourette综合征患儿的执行功能损害与症状特征的关系
- Author:
jian-hua, ZHAO
;
zuo-ming, CHEN
;
wei-dong, JI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tourette′s syndrome;
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test;
executive function;
symptom characteristic
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2006;0(19):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the correlation between executive function(EF) and characteristic of symptom in children with Tourette′s syndrome(TS).Methods EF were measured with Wisconsin Card Sorting Test(WCST) in 53 patients with TS,and symptom characteristics were evaluated with Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL) and Yale Global Tic Severity Scale(YGTSS).Results Compared with healthy control,TS had poor executive performances significantly in WCST(all P
