Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome: An evidence-based survey in a Chinese population

Table 3 Behavioral and emotional characteristics of treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome and non-treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome in the girls group

Subscale of CBCL	TRTS (n = 16)	Non-TRTS (n = 18)	t	P value
Depressed	8.75 ± 1.67	7.65 ± 1.84	1.82	0.08
Social-withdrawal	6.23 ± 1.17	5.24 ± 1.22	2.41a	0.02
Somatic complaints	3.22 ± 1.03	3.05 ± 0.93	0.51	0.62
Schizoid-obsessive	2.19 ± 0.44	2.07 ± 0.35	0.89	0.38
Hyperactive	6.29 ± 1.27	5.94 ± 1.13	0.85	0.40
Sex problem	0.59 ± 0.17	0.56 ± 0.21	0.45	0.65
Delinquent	2.79 ± 0.66	2.61 ± 0.72	0.76	0.46
Aggressive	8.17 ± 1.25	7.55 ± 1.04	1.58	0.12
Cruel	2.13 ± 0.67	2.07 ± 0.47	0.31	0.76
Total Score	41.06 ± 5.17	36.80 ± 4.65	2.53a	0.02

^aP < 0.05.

CBCL: Child Behavior Checklist; TRTS: Treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome.