Table 3.
Reliability and correlation analysis of PUTS.
| Reliability | Total sample N = 367 | Younger groupN = 230 | Older group N = 137 | TS groupN = 252 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronbach's Alpha | 0.753 | 0.762 | 0.731 | 0.755 |
| Spearman-Brown | 0.822 | 0.865 | 0.775 | 0.813 |
| Correlation analysis between YGTSS and PUTS | 0.180* | 0.194 | 0.168 | 0.269* |
| Correlation analysis between CY-BOCS and PUTS | 0.108 | 0.159 | 0.038 | 0.203* |
PUTS, Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale; YGTSS, Yale Global Tic Severity Scale; CY-BOCS, Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale;
p < 0.05.