Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The clinical picture of tics and hyperkinesis manifested by involuntary movements and/or sounds is relevant primarily due to its impact on the quality of life and social adaptation of people, especially during their studies and early careers. To analyze tics in young people, we examined 80 people (37 women (46.3%) and 43 men (53.7%)), first-year students of a medical university aged 17 to 19 years without complaints and clear anamnestic indications of tic hyperkinesis during the routine educational process. Along with the standard clinical and neurological examination, we assessed hyperkinesis during 32 academic lectures lasting 90 minutes once a week for 2 semesters. Tics and hyperkinesis were detected in 38.7% of men and women aged 17-19 without complaints and clear anamnestic indications of tic hyperkinesis during the routine educational process (men - 64.5%, women - 35.5%). The most common tics were facial tics (35.1%), oculomotor disorders (21%) and smirking (15%). Sexual dimorphism of tics in first-year students aged 17-19 during the routine educational process was revealed in the predominance of motor tics and chronic tic disorders in men, and simple and complex vocal tics in women.
Source: Archiv Euromedica
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405797134