Sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatments in children with trichotillomania in terms of age and gender: a multicenter study

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dc.authoridUzun Cicek, Ayla/0000-0003-2274-3457
dc.authoridDogru, Hicran/0000-0001-7022-0461
dc.authorwosiddogru, hicran/GQY-7625-2022
dc.authorwosidDoğru, Hicran/HIZ-9656-2022
dc.contributor.authorArslan, Semiha Comertoglu
dc.contributor.authorCicek, Ayla Uzun
dc.contributor.authorUcuz, Ilknur
dc.contributor.authorDogru, Hicran
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:51:54Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective Although trichotillomania (TTM) is a common, typically pediatric-onset disorder, data on the phenomenology of TTM in children, accompanying comorbid psychiatric disorders, and treatment options are extremely limited. In our study, it was aimed to investigate these variables and related factors in patients undergoing psychiatric evaluation and follow-up. Method The study included 79 children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 17 who were diagnosed with TTM and followed up in four different Child and Adolescent Psychiatry outpatient clinics between 2015 and 2020. The sociodemographic characteristics of these patients, clinical features of the disease, comorbid psychiatric disorders, and treatment approaches have been studied. Results Our results showed that TTM was more common in girls, hair and eyebrow plucking was the most common, and symptoms and features accompanying TTM changed with age, but not with gender. Again, 79.7% of these children had at least one psychiatric comorbid disorder (most common being anxiety disorders and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), comorbidity was closely related to TTM severity, 93.7% used at least one pharmacotherapeutic agent, and positive response rates to treatment were found to be low. Moreover, TTM severity was found to increase with age and disease duration. Conclusion Study findings support that clinical presentation, disease severity and comorbidity rates may change with age in children and adolescents with TTM, and early intervention is important to prevent clinical progression/worsening and mental health sequela.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08039488.2022.2052179
dc.identifier.endpage45en_US
dc.identifier.issn0803-9488
dc.identifier.issn1502-4725
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35352628en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85128090432en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage36en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2022.2052179
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/100600
dc.identifier.volume77en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000776168400001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofNordic Journal of Psychiatryen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectadolescenten_US
dc.subjecttrichotillomaniaen_US
dc.subjecthair pullingen_US
dc.subjectcomorbidityen_US
dc.subjectpsychopharmacotherapyen_US
dc.titleSociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatments in children with trichotillomania in terms of age and gender: a multicenter studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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