Prevalance of tic disorders in children aged 7-12 years in urban area of Kayseri

Abstract

<p>Tic disorders are neurophysciatric problems because of low self esteem, disorders in family, school and working environment and adaptation problems in social life. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of tic disorders and associated risk factors at 7-12 aged year old children in urban area of Kayseri. On the other hand, it is aimed to encourage families and teachers to give importance to the problem. or this study, 500 children were chosen from three primary schools with a socio-economic level of good, average and poor. A questionnaire was applied to mothers by face to face. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criterion was used to diagnose tic disorders. The prevalence of tic disorders at 7-12 aged children was 2.6 %. Of the children, 69.2 % was active tic disorders and 30.8 % was remission tic disorders. The prevalence of active tic disorders was 1.8 % and the prevalence of remission tic disorders was 0.8 %. Tic disorders were more common in male children than female children. The prevalence of tic disorders increased with age from 0.5 % at 7-8 aged groups to 7.0 % at 11-12 aged groups. The prevalence was higher among the children whose parents were separated.</p>

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<p>Kayseri il merkezinde 7-12 ya? grubunda tik bozuklu?u prevalans?</p>

<p>Tik bozukluklar?, hastalar?n benlik sayg?lar?nda d??meye, aile, okul veya i? ya?am?nda bozulmaya, sosyal ya?ama uyumda sorunlara neden oldu?u i?in ?zerinde ?nemle durulmas? gereken n?ro-psikiyatrik bir sorundur. Bu rahats?zl???n prevalans?, etkileyen fakt?rlerin irdelenmesi, ?are arama davran??? y?n?nden aile ve ??retmenlerin dikkatlerinin ?ekilmesi ama?lanm??t?r. Bu ?al??ma, Kayseri il merkezinde 7-1 2 ya? grubundan 500 ??renci ?zerinde anket y?ntemi ile yap?lm??t?r. Anket formunda te?hise y?nelik sorular "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mentral Disorders" te?his kriterlerini esas alacak tarzda haz?rlanm??t?r. Ara?t?rma grubuna al?nan ?ocuklardan %2.6's?nda tip bozuklu?u tespit edilmi?tir. Bunlar?n %69.2'si aktif, % 30.8'i ise remisyonda tik olup, aktif tik prevalans? %1.8, remisyonda tik prevalans? %0.8 olarak tespit edilmi?tir. Tik bozuklu?unun g?r?lme oran? erkek ?ocuklar?nda anlaml? ?l??de y?ksektir. 7-8 ya? grubunda %0.5 olan prevalans, 11-12 ya? grubunda %7.0'a y?kselmektedir. Ya? artt?k?a tik bozukluklar?n?n g?r?lme s?kl??? artmaktad?r. Par?alanm?? ailelerin ?ocuklar?nda tik bozuklu?u g?r?lme s?kl??? daha y?ksek bulunmu?tur.</p>