The diagnostic and therapeutic journey of Tourette syndrome: Thematic analysis of the difficulties experienced by parents of patients

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Revue neurologique Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.neurol.2025.03.011

Z. Breton , P. Denis , V. Goussé , A. Hartmann

{"title":"The diagnostic and therapeutic journey of Tourette syndrome: Thematic analysis of the difficulties experienced by parents of patients","authors":"Z. Breton , P. Denis , V. Goussé , A. Hartmann","doi":"10.1016/j.neurol.2025.03.011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this thematic analysis is to formalize the parental trajectories of therapeutic wandering, from first symptoms to the diagnosis until disease management.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An inductive and deductive thematic analysis was carried out based on 25 interviews with parents of children with TS. Statistical and association tests were also conducted.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>From the interviews with parents, 284 codes were categorized into 19 inductive subthemes, which were then grouped into 5 deductive themes. Some of the subthemes were relevant to all interviewees, and ranged from the description of the disease characteristics, parental distress, the impact of the TS diagnosis, and the evaluation of the diagnostic journey.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Our study sheds light on how the parents of children with TS experience the diagnostic and therapeutic journey. By highlighting recurrent themes experienced by families, we hope that the results will be beneficial to both parents and children with TS in avoiding future diagnostic and therapeutic delay.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21321,"journal":{"name":"Revue neurologique","volume":"181 6","pages":"Pages 544-555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revue neurologique","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003537872500493X","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CLINICAL NEUROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objective

The aim of this thematic analysis is to formalize the parental trajectories of therapeutic wandering, from first symptoms to the diagnosis until disease management.

Methods

An inductive and deductive thematic analysis was carried out based on 25 interviews with parents of children with TS. Statistical and association tests were also conducted.

Results

From the interviews with parents, 284 codes were categorized into 19 inductive subthemes, which were then grouped into 5 deductive themes. Some of the subthemes were relevant to all interviewees, and ranged from the description of the disease characteristics, parental distress, the impact of the TS diagnosis, and the evaluation of the diagnostic journey.

Conclusion

Our study sheds light on how the parents of children with TS experience the diagnostic and therapeutic journey. By highlighting recurrent themes experienced by families, we hope that the results will be beneficial to both parents and children with TS in avoiding future diagnostic and therapeutic delay.

查看原文本刊更多论文

抽动秽语综合征的诊断和治疗之旅：患者父母所经历的困难的专题分析。

目的：本专题分析的目的是形式化父母的治疗流浪轨迹，从最初的症状到诊断，直到疾病管理。方法：对25名TS患儿家长进行访谈，采用归纳和演绎的主题分析方法，并进行统计学检验和关联检验。结果：通过对家长的访谈，将284个编码划分为19个归纳主题，再将归纳主题划分为5个演绎主题。其中一些副主题与所有受访者都相关，包括对疾病特征的描述、父母的痛苦、TS诊断的影响以及诊断过程的评估。结论：我们的研究揭示了TS患儿的父母如何经历诊断和治疗过程。通过强调家庭经历的复发性主题，我们希望结果将有利于父母和TS患儿避免未来的诊断和治疗延误。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Revue neurologique 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

0.00%

发文量

598

审稿时长

55 days

期刊介绍： The first issue of the Revue Neurologique, featuring an original article by Jean-Martin Charcot, was published on February 28th, 1893. Six years later, the French Society of Neurology (SFN) adopted this journal as its official publication in the year of its foundation, 1899. The Revue Neurologique was published throughout the 20th century without interruption and is indexed in all international databases (including Current Contents, Pubmed, Scopus). Ten annual issues provide original peer-reviewed clinical and research articles, and review articles giving up-to-date insights in all areas of neurology. The Revue Neurologique also publishes guidelines and recommendations. The Revue Neurologique publishes original articles, brief reports, general reviews, editorials, and letters to the editor as well as correspondence concerning articles previously published in the journal in the correspondence column.