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SynthesisThe Psychiatric clinics of North America2025

Systematic Literature Review on Public Health Impacts of Persistent Tic Disorders: Health Care Needs and Health Care Use.

Rebecca H Bitsko, Helena J Hutchins, Patricia L Whalen, Hidayat Ogunsola, Rebecca T Leeb, Brooke S Staley, Jennifer W Kaminski, Lara R Robinson

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rebecca H BitskoApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. Electronic address: dvk2@cdc.gov.
Helena J HutchinsApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Patricia L WhalenApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, CDC Research Participation Programs, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Hidayat OgunsolaApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, CDC Research Participation Programs, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Rebecca T LeebApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Brooke S StaleyApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jennifer W KaminskiOffice Policy, Performance, and Evaluation, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road Northeast, Mailstop: H 21-11, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
Lara R RobinsonApplied Research and Evaluation Team, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Hwy S106-4, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes our systematic literature review documenting outcomes associated with persistent tic disorders (PTDs) and summarizes 15 articles comparing health care use between individuals with PTDs and a comparison group without PTDs. Only 2 studies included adults and only one study stratified findings by sociodemographic characteristics, precluding conclusions on health care disparities. Most children with PTDs had access to routine care, similar to children without PTDs, but needed and used more specialty health care, including mental health services, compared to children without PTDs. Improving identification and management of PTDs in primary care settings may improve health care access for individuals with PTDs.

Indexed as

Health Services AccessibilityHealth Services Needs and DemandMental Health ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CarePublic HealthTic DisordersChildHumansHealth care accessPatient satisfactionQuality of careTic disorderTourette syndrome

Identifiers

PMID39880512
PMCPMC11784627

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