Development and Evaluation of a therapeutic Online-Coaching in the naturalistic setting of Children and adolescents with tic disorders

Development and Evaluation of a therapeutic Online-Coaching in the naturalistic setting of Children and adolescents with tic disorders - THONCO Tic

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017199

Enrollment

Registered

2020-02-04

Start date

2019-05-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F95.2 F95.1

Interventions

Group 1: Online coaching (HRT in the home setting via video conference) takes place two to three times a week in addition to face-to-face psychotherapy. The online coaching takes 15-50 minutes per ses

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

8 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? primary diagnosis of Tourette’s disorder (F95.2) or a chronic motor/vocal tic disorder (F95.1) ? tics occur in the domestic setting and can be audiovisual observed ? at least moderate severity of tic symptoms, as measured by the YGTSS Total Tic Score >13 for patients with Tourette’s disorder and >9 for children with motor or vocal tics only ? children receiving tic medication were allowed to participate if the dosage had been stable for at least 1 month without any planned changes during study participation ? CBT and HRT are indicated ?patients and parents agree with HRT via online-coaching (informed consent) ? patients have Wi-Fi at home

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? Pervasive developmental disorder, Personality disorder, Psychosis or other preliminary disorder ? IQ <=79 ? Changes which indicate an inpatient treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Yale Global Tic Severity Sclae (YGTSS; Leckman et al. 1999): tic-symptoms; all assessmentpoints	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Tic symptoms: DCL-TIC: Diagnostic-Checklist for tic disorder; SCL-TIC-P/S : Symptom Checklist for tic disorders parent and self-rating; daily tic rating parent and self-rating; Tic- training: rating during tic-training, therapist and self-rating; CGI-Improvement: Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement; Questionnaire for Functional Impairment and Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents with Tic Disorders (TiQuaLF-S/P): parent and self version (short version); Practical implemention of HRT via videoconference: new developed questionnaire; Therapy Satisfaction Therapy Evaluation Questionnaire Online-Coaching	—

Measure

Time frame

Tic symptoms: DCL-TIC: Diagnostic-Checklist for tic disorder; SCL-TIC-P/S : Symptom Checklist for tic disorders parent and self-rating; daily tic rating parent and self-rating; Tic- training: rating during tic-training, therapist and self-rating; CGI-Improvement: Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement; Questionnaire for Functional Impairment and Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents with Tic Disorders (TiQuaLF-S/P): parent and self version (short version); Practical implemention of HRT via videoconference: new developed questionnaire; Therapy Satisfaction Therapy Evaluation Questionnaire Online-Coaching

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPaula Viefhaus

Ausbildungsinstitut für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie an der Uniklinik Köln

Paula.viefhaus@uk-koeln.de022147876828

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026