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. 2021 Sep 20;45(2):229–239. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2021.09.002

Table 6.

How the severity of tics changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pre- school
(N:9)
Primary school
7–9 yrs
(N:48)
Primary School
10–12 yrs
(N:83)
Middle school
13–15 yrs
(N:59)
High school
16–18 yrs
(N:19)
Adult
(N:29)
M V M V M V M V M V M V
Subject Numbers 9 8 48 42 81 74 58 54 18 13 28 23
Improved (%) 56 63 46 57 44 46 50 46 56 46 39 57
Worsened (%) 11 13 31 19 23 19 12 17 28 23 14 9
Unchanged (%) 33 24 23 24 33 35 38 37 16 31 47 34

M; motor tics, V; vocal (phonic) tics.