Eric A Storch1, Jonathan S Abramowitz, Mary Keeley. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of South Florida, Box 7523, 800 6th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA. estorch@health.usf.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study examined factors associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) related functional disability in 87 treatment-seeking adults with OCD. METHODS: A trained evaluator administered the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale. Patients completed the Sheehan Disability Scale, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory, Thought-Action Fusion Scale, Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition, and State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version. RESULTS: Results indicated that OCD symptoms, anxiety, depression, and the tendency to misinterpret the significance of intrusive thoughts were related to functional disability. Two variables-depressive symptoms and the extent to which a patient attempts to resist and is able to control OCD symptoms-emerged as unique predictors of functional disability. Mediational analyses indicated that both of these variables fully mediated the relationship between OCD-related distress and functional disability. CONCLUSIONS: Results are discussed in terms of predictors of functional disability in OCD and in terms of implications for assessment and treatment.
BACKGROUND: This study examined factors associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) related functional disability in 87 treatment-seeking adults with OCD. METHODS: A trained evaluator administered the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale. Patients completed the Sheehan Disability Scale, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory, Thought-Action Fusion Scale, Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition, and State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version. RESULTS: Results indicated that OCD symptoms, anxiety, depression, and the tendency to misinterpret the significance of intrusive thoughts were related to functional disability. Two variables-depressive symptoms and the extent to which a patient attempts to resist and is able to control OCD symptoms-emerged as unique predictors of functional disability. Mediational analyses indicated that both of these variables fully mediated the relationship between OCD-related distress and functional disability. CONCLUSIONS: Results are discussed in terms of predictors of functional disability in OCD and in terms of implications for assessment and treatment.
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