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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2016 Jun 7;29:35–41. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.05.033

Table 2.

Responder Analysis for Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS)

Responder Category Patient YGTSS Domain Baseline 24
Months
Change
(%)
Subject
Non-Responder 5 Motor severity 20 16 −20.00
Phonic severity 18 19 5.56
Total severity 38 35 −7.90
Impairment 40 30 −25.00
Total 78 65 −16.67

Subject
Full Responder* 4 Motor severity 25 10 −60.00
Phonic severity 20 0 −100.0
Total severity 45 10 −77.78
Impairment 50 30 −40.00
Total 95 40 −57.90

Subject
Full Responder* 3 Motor severity 24 13 −45.84
Phonic severity 24 5 −79.17
Total severity 48 18 −62.50
Impairment 40 30 −25.00
Total 88 48 −45.46

Subject
Non-Responder 2 Motor severity 25 25 0.00
Phonic severity 25 25 0.00
Total severity 50 50 0.00
Impairment 50 40 −20.00
Total 100 90 −10.00

18 Month

Subject
Non-Responder 1 Motor severity 25 21 −16.00
Phonic severity 25 21 −16.00
Total severity 50 42 −16.00
Impairment 50 40 −20.00
Total 100 82 −18.00

Mean Responder Outcomes
Motor severity 23 13 −41.95
Phonic severity 20.67 8 −57.87
Total severity 43.67 21 −49.40
Impairment 43.34 30 −30.00
Total 87 51 −40.01

Full Responder:≥40% improvement in YGTSS total score

Partial Responder=40%–25% improvement in YGTSS total score

Non-Responder: < 25%improvement in YGTSS total score