Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of presence, frequency, intensity, and severity of individual tics.
| Tic | Present (%; n/N) | Frequency M(SD) | Intensity M(SD) | Severity M(SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor | ||||
| Eye Blinking | 72% (87/121) | 2.9 (1.1) | 2.2 (1.0) | 5.0 (1.8) |
| Eye rolling/darting | 31% (38/121) | 2.8(1.2) | 2.2 (1.1) | 5.0 (2.0) |
| Head Jerk | 67% (81/121) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.6 (1.0) | 5.5 (1.8) |
| Facial Grimace | 55% (66/120) | 2.6 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.9) | 4.9 (1.4) |
| Mouth/Tongue Movements | 55% (58/120) | 2.8 (1.0) | 2.1 (1.0) | 4.8 (1.8) |
| Shoulder Shrugs | 56% (68/121) | 2.6 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.9) | 4.9 (1.4) |
| Chest/stomach tightening | 37% (45/121) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.3 (1.2) | 4.6 (1.8) |
| Pelvic Tensing Movements | 17% (20/121) | 2.4 (0.9) | 1.9 (0.9) | 4.2 (1.5) |
| Leg/Feet Movements | 50% (60/121) | 2.5 (0.9) | 2.0 (1.0) | 4.5 (1.7) |
| Arm/Hand Movements | 61% (74/121) | 2.8 (1.0) | 2.3 (1.0) | 5.1 (1.7) |
| Echopraxia (copying another’s gestures) | 8% (10/121) | 2.1 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.7) |
| Copropraxia (obscene gestures) | 4% (5/121) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.4 (1.1) | 5.2 (1.1) |
| Other Motor Tics | 32% (36/112) | 3.0 (0.9) | 2.6 (0.9) | 5.5 (1.7) |
| Complex Motor Combinations (multiple tics at once) | 47% (54/114) | 2.7 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.9) | 5.4 (1.7) |
| Total Motor Tics M(SD) | 5.8 (2.8)1 | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.3 (0.7) | 29.6 (15.6) |
| Vocal | ||||
| Grunting | 31% (38/121) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.0 (1.0) | 4.3 (1.6) |
| Sniffing | 42% (50/120) | 2.7 (1.0) | 2.0 (1.0) | 4.6 (1.8) |
| Snorting | 12% (14/120) | 2.6 (1.1) | 2.2 (1.0) | 4.8 (1.7) |
| Coughing | 23% (27/120) | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.9) | 4.4 (1.6) |
| Animal Noises | 8% (10/120) | 2.4 (1.0) | 2.5 (1.1) | 4.9 (1.9) |
| Syllables | 10% (12/120) | 2.5 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.7) | 4.7 (1.2) |
| Words | 15% (18/119) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.9) | 4.6 (1.5) |
| Phrases | 11% (13/119) | 2.5 (1.1) | 2.2 (0.8) | 4.7 (1.4) |
| Echolalia (repeating vocalizations of others) | 12% (14/120) | 2.0 (0.8) | 2.2 (1.0) | 4.2 (1.4) |
| Coprolalia (obscene words) | 7% (8/120) | 3.0 (0.8) | 2.9 (1.2) | 5.9 (1.8) |
| Blocking/stuttering | 19% (23/120) | 2.4 (1.0) | 2.5 (0.9) | 4.8 (1.8) |
| Other Vocal Tics | 29% (34/117) | 2.5 (1.0) | 2.5 (0.9) | 4.9 (1.6) |
| Complex Vocal Combinations (multiple tics at once) | 14% (16/117) | 2.3 (0.8) | 2.5 (0.7) | 4.6 (1.6) |
| Total Vocal Tics M(SD) | 2.3 (2.3)2 | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.1 (0.8) | 13.4 (12.1) |
| Total Scores | 8.1 (4.5) | 2.6 (0.6) | 2.3 (0.7) | 39.5 (25.0) |
Note. Present = number of different types of tics presented in the last week; Frequency = frequency of tics in the past week (1–4 Likert-type scale); Intensity = intensity of tics in the past week (1–4 Likert-type scale); Severity = severity of presented tics;
n = 121;
n = 96.