Quality of life in adults with Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

BMC Psychiatry

Table 7 Hierarchical linear regression analyses adjusted for age predicting WHOQOL-26 domain scores from SCL-90R depression score

Order of entry	β	Significance of β	R²	ΔR²	ΔF	Significance of ΔF
		(p-value)				(p-value)
Physical health
Step 1			0.5428	0.5428	53.43	<0.0001
VAS TIC	-0.30	0.0053
SCL-90R depression score	-0.71	<0.0001
Step 2			0.5444	0.0016	0.48	0.4898
Interaction of VAS TIC and SCL-90R depression score	0.13	0.4898
Psychological health
Step 1			0.5504	0.5504	55.10	<0.0001
VAS TIC	-0.12	0.2590
SCL-90R depression score	-0.89	<0.0001
Step 2			0.5420	0.0048	1.45	0.2303
Interaction of VAS TIC and SCL-90R depression score	0.22	0.2303
Social relationships
Step 1			0.2926	0.2926	18.75	<0.0001
VAS TIC	-0.06	0.6402
SCL-90R depression score	-0.58	0.0010
Step 2			0.2931	0.0005	0.10	0.7509
Interaction of VAS TIC and SCL-90R depression score	0.07	0.7509
Environment
Step 1			0.2533	0.2533	15.38	<0.0001
VAS TIC	-0.24	0.0792
SCL-90R depression score	-0.60	0.0008
Step 2			0.2599	0.0065	1.19	0.2769
Interaction of VAS TIC and SCL-90R depression score	0.25	0.2769

VAS TIC: visual analogue mean scores of severity of Tics; SCL-90R: Symptom Checklist 90 Revised of psychiatric symptoms.

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