Validation of the University of São Paulo’s Sensory Phenomena Scale — English version

Sampaio, Aline Santos; McCarthy, Katherine; Mancuso, Elizabeth Krumrei; Stewart, S. Evelyn; Geller, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.02.008

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“…The total score ranges from 0 to 15. Assessment of sensory hypersensitivity, which was not part of the original version of USP-SPS, is included in the English version of the instrument (checklist) {73}. Specifically, subjects are considered to have sensory hypersensitivity if they rate themselves as more sensitive than other people to sensory stimuli, which they find overly distressing.…”

Section: Measurement Of the Premonitory Urgementioning

confidence: 99%

Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications

Cavanna

Black

Hallett

et al. 2017

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Motor and vocal tics are relatively common motor manifestations identified as the core features of Tourette syndrome. Although traditional descriptions have focused on objective phenomenological observations, such as anatomical location, number and frequency of tics, patients’ first-person accounts have consistently reported characteristic subjective correlates. These sensory phenomena are often described as a feeling of mounting inner tension or urge to move (“premonitory urge”), which is transiently relieved by tic expression. This paper reviews the existing literature on the clinical and neurobiological aspects of the premonitory urge in patients with Tourette syndrome, with focus on its pathophysiology and possible treatment implications.

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Section: Measurement Of the Premonitory Urgementioning

confidence: 99%

Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications

Cavanna

Black

Hallett

et al. 2017

JNP

139

104

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“…For example, SF have been described as antecedents for tics in Tourette syndrome (Crossley et al, 2014), and there are some data which report significant decrements in quality of life that are associated with those SF antecedents for tics (Crossley and Eugenio, 2013). Similar data have been reported for obsessive-compulsive disorder (Kano et al, 2015;Sampaio et al, 2014), and it may be that consideration of the association between SF, anxiety and tics or obsessive behaviours might profitably assist in explaining this pathways in people with these disorders and also provide possible intervention points for alleviating their anxiety and the behaviours themselves.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Now established as one of the key diagnostic criteria for ASD, SF has a greater affect upon functioning in children with ASD than in those without ASD (Ben-Sasson et al, 2009). Although the SF of children on the autism spectrum has not been found to consistently vary with cognitive ability, language levels, or stereotypical behaviour (Klintwall et al, 2011), several studies have linked SF with difficulties in independent functioning and managing daily life (Kern et al, 2006), lower participation in social, physical and related activities, (Hochhauser and Engel-Yeger, 2010) and challenging behaviour in school-age (Tseng et al, 2011) and preschool age children (O'Donnell et al, 2012) with ASD.…”

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How are Sensory Features associated with seven anxiety disorders in boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Bitsika

Sharpley

Mills

2016

Intl J of Devlp Neuroscience

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The association between Sensory Features (SF) and seven anxiety disorders was investigated using self-reports and parental reports about 140 young males with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Although there were significant correlations between SF and self- and parent-ratings of some of the seven anxiety disorders, overall, SF was found to have an inconsistent association across the seven anxiety disorders and this was also found for the 8 symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder. These data challenge the practice of assessing SF and anxiety via global measures and argue for individualized disorder-specific assessments to develop more effective diagnoses and treatments for the effects of SF.

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“…Overall severity of obsessive–compulsive symptoms was measured using the total score from the Yale‐Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (Y‐BOCS, (Goodman et al, ). SP were assessed using the SP Scale (SPS, (Rosario et al, ; Sampaio, McCarthy, Mancuso, Stewart, & Geller, ). The SPS is a semistructured interview containing a checklist composed of examples of different types of SP preceding or occurring at the same time as repetitive behaviors and encompasses all previous descriptions in the literature, including physical sensations, “not just right” sensations, incompleteness, general energy or inner tension buildup, and urges.…”

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The buildup of an urge in obsessive–compulsive disorder: Behavioral and neuroimaging correlates

Stern

Brown

Ludlow

et al. 2020

Human Brain Mapping

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Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is highly heterogeneous. While obsessions often involve fear of harm, many patients report uncomfortable sensations and/or urges that drive repetitive behaviors in the absence of a specific fear. Prior work suggests that urges in OCD may be similar to everyday “urges‐for‐action” (UFA) such as the urge to blink, swallow, or scratch, but very little work has investigated the pathophysiology underlying urges in OCD. In the current study, we used an urge‐to‐blink approach to model sensory‐based urges that could be experimentally elicited and compared across patients and controls using the same task stimuli. OCD patients and controls suppressed eye blinking over a period of 60 s, alternating with free blinking blocks, while brain activity was measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging. OCD patients showed significantly increased activation in several regions during the early phase of eyeblink suppression (first 30 s), including mid‐cingulate, insula, striatum, parietal cortex, and occipital cortex, with lingering group differences in parietal and occipital regions during late eyeblink suppression (last 30 s). There were no differences in brain activation during free blinking blocks, and no conditions where OCD patients showed reduced activation compared to controls. In an exploratory analysis of blink counts performed in a subset of subjects, OCD patients were less successful than controls in suppressing blinks. These data indicate that OCD patients exhibit altered brain function and behavior when experiencing and suppressing the urge to blink, raising the possibility that the disorder is associated with a general abnormality in the UFA system that could ultimately be targeted by future treatments.

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Validation of the University of São Paulo’s Sensory Phenomena Scale — English version

Cited by 20 publications

References 19 publications

Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications

Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications

How are Sensory Features associated with seven anxiety disorders in boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

The buildup of an urge in obsessive–compulsive disorder: Behavioral and neuroimaging correlates

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