Why the study?
What are the prevalence and predictors of Twiddler's syndrome in a real-world population?
What are the prevalence and predictors of Twiddler's syndrome in a real-world population?
Twiddler's syndrome occurs in 1.2% of patients, with female sex, antidepressant use, and BMI identified as independent predictors.
Predictor profile for Twiddler's syndrome may guide monitoring; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Our study shows that 1.2% of patients in our real-world population had evidence of Twiddler's syndrome. Independent predictors of Twiddler's syndrome include female sex, antidepressant medications as well as BMI.
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