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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 May;39(4):335–342. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000550

Table 4.

Comparison of Mild Versus Moderate/Severe Tourette Syndrome on School Functioning

Mild
Moderate/Severe
Wald F Test Statistic p
n = 203
n = 97
Weighted Prevalence (95% CI) Weighted Prevalence (95% CI)
IEP 42.2 (29.0–56.6) 75.2 (59.9–86.1) 8.41 0.004
Grade repeated 10.5 (5.9–17.9)   40.8 (23.5–60.7) 5.90 0.015
>2 school days missed 64.7 (52.4–75.3) 46.9 (30.0–64.5) 2.16 nsa
Contacted by school about problems >2 times 28.0 (19.2–39.0) 57.6 (38.3–74.8) 6.86 0.009
Child does not care about doing well in school 19.0 (12.2–28.4) 43.8 (26.8–62.5) 5.68 0.029
Child does not complete all homework 25.4 (16.9–36.3) 31.4 (18.7–47.6) 1.39 ns

The analyses for “Type of school setting” and “Grade repeated except K” resulted in high RSE, so they were excluded from this table.

a

ns = not significant, p > 0.05. CI, confidence interval; IEP, individualized education plan; RSE, relative standard error.