Table 3.
Demographic data for medicated and unmedicated groups – matched groups.
| Medicated (n = 23)
|
Unmedicated (n = 23)
|
p-values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 43.17 | 13.72 | 40.04 | 12.09 | 0.42 |
| Female/male | 8/15 | – | 14/9 | – | 0.08 |
| Chronicity of problem (years) | 30.7 | 15.33 | 28.53 | 13.66 | 0.64 |
| Other family members with tics | 13/10 | – | 11/12 | – | 0.53 |
| Co-morbidity | |||||
| None | 13 | – | 8 | – | 0.13 |
| OCD | 4 | 6 | |||
| Panic disorder | 2 | 1 | |||
| GAD | 1 | 3 | |||
| Social phobia | 1 | 2 | |||
| Specific phobia | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mood disorder | 1 | 0 | |||
| Civil status | |||||
| Married or cohabiting | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0.56 |
| Single | 7 | 7 | |||
| Separated or divorced | 3 | 5 | |||
| Number of children | 1.57 | 1.27 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 0.22 |
| Occupation | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0.77 |
| Working | 2 | 4 | |||
| Student | 2 | 2 | |||
| Unemployed | 5 | 4 | |||
| At home or Retired | |||||
| Highest level of education | |||||
| Elementary school | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1.00 |
| High school | 5 | 8 | |||
| College | 6 | 8 | |||
| University | 9 | 7 | |||