Quantifying tics: Best practices and design considerations for video-based tic coding in research

Tic disorders (TD), including Tourette Syndrome, are characterized by involuntary, repetitive movements and/or vocalizations that can lead to persistent disability and impairment across the lifespan. Existing research demonstrates that video-based behavioral coding (VBBC) methods can be used to reli...

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Published in:Behavior research methods Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 4073 - 4084
Main Authors: DuBois, Megan, Houlihan, Kerry, Raab, Brittany, Pryor, Alison, Kellman, Mia, Brinker, Mayella, Wellen, Brianna, Capriotti, Matthew, Conelea, Christine
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Best practice
Cognitive Psychology
Consent
Data acquisition
Deception
Disclosure
Disorders
Ethics
Humans
Hypotheses
Interrater reliability
Involuntary
Life span
Measurement
Original Manuscript
Phenomenology
Psychology
Reliability
Reproducibility
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Software
Tic Disorders - diagnosis
Tics
Tics - diagnosis
Tourette syndrome
Tourette Syndrome - diagnosis
Tourette Syndrome - physiopathology
Video Recording - methods
Vocalization
Tics
Quantification
Tic disorder
Tourette Syndrome
Video
Behavioral coding
ISSN:1554-3528, 1554-351X, 1554-3528
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Summary:Tic disorders (TD), including Tourette Syndrome, are characterized by involuntary, repetitive movements and/or vocalizations that can lead to persistent disability and impairment across the lifespan. Existing research demonstrates that video-based behavioral coding (VBBC) methods can be used to reliably quantify tics, enabling a more objective approach to tic measurement above and beyond standardly used TD questionnaires. VBBC is becoming more popular given the ease and ubiquity of obtaining patient videos. However, rigor and reproducibility of this work has been limited by undescribed and unstandardized approaches to using VBBC methods in TD research. The current paper describes “best practices” for VBBC in TD research, which have been tested and refined in our research over the past 15+ years, including considerations for data acquisition, coding implementation, interrater reliability demonstration, and methods reporting. We also address ethical considerations for researchers using this method.
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ISSN:1554-3528
1554-351X
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/s13428-024-02383-7