Counterfactual Thinking in Tourette’s Syndrome: A Study Using Three Measures

Table 4

Differences between under 30 years old and over 30 years old TS patients.

Factors	TS patients 18–30 y; ()	TS over 30 y; ()
YGTSS (total score)	49.1 (23.4)	26.6 (21.2)	0.001^*
MMSE (total score)	28.1 (1.5)	28.4 (1.6)	0.51
Verbal fluency (total score)	22.5 (8.8)	31.1 (7.1)	0.0005^*
FAB (total score)	14.7 (1.2)	15.7 (1.3)	0.01^*
DEX (total score)	28.4 (14.2)	22.1 (15.1)
DBS (1)	18 (81.8%)	20 (76.9%)	0.74^#
Gender (2)	15 (68.2%)	19 (73.1%)	0.76^#
Education	10.8 (3.3)	10.9 (3.1)	0.87
CFT
Spontaneous generation (number of alternatives)	2.6 (1.1)	2.0 (1.3)	0.12
CIT (total score)	1.8 (1.2)	1.65 (1.2)	0.64
Regret (1)	12 (54.6%)	16 (61.5%)	0.77^#
Confidence level (0–5)	3.45 (0.96)	3.92 (1.02)	0.110

Significant; Fisher exact test.