Are you a boy 11- 14 with TS/CTD? Do you find sleeping difficult?

Posted on 4 October 2016

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Like a £10 Amazon voucher by being in sleep study?

Recent research found that 77% of young people attending a tic clinic at a hospital in London reported worsening of tics at night. This is likely to affect sleep, and in line with this, patients also reported other sleep-related problems, including difficulties with sleep onset and waking during the night. Sleep related problems are correlated with tic severity, suggesting that worse tics=worse sleep.
Our research is looking at the relationships between sleep, learning and emotions in a group of children with Tourette Syndrome (TS) or Chronic Tic Disorders (CTD), compared to children without these diagnoses. The project involves wearing a wristwatch for 2 weeks, doing some activities with a researcher and on an iPad and filling out some questionnaires. You will receive £10 Amazon vouchers for participation.
Our hope is that knowing more about these links will help us to detect and manage sleep and learning difficulties for young people with TS/CTD more effectively in the future.

Please get involved and email researcher Charlotte Hibberd at Kings College London, charlotte.hibberd@kcl.ac.uk

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