Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Phenomenology of OCD at Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Abstract: The study was performed from January 2017 to May 2018 Outdoor & Indoor patient, Department of psychiatry, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, The study had 50 patients of OCD, 50 caregiver of OCD patients, 50 normal persons. Strong negative correlation between YBOCS score and physical & psychological domain of QOL. Weak negative correlation between YBOCS score and social relationship & environmental domain of QOL. Strong negative correlation between compulsive score and psychological domain of QOL. Weak negative correlation between compulsive score and physical, social relationship & environmental domain of QOL. Most common obsession was aggression (84%) followed by contamination (76%), religious (64%), somatic (60%), need for symmetry (56%), sexual (36%) and hoarding/saving (32%). 92% patient had miscellaneous obsessions. Gender distribution shows that obsessions of contamination were more in females as compared to males i.e. 100% v/s 67%. Where as in male’s aggressive obsession (89%) were found higher as compared to females i.e. 71%. The present study exhibits a considerable impairment in QOL of the patients with OCD. Noticeable impairment was found in all the specific domains of QOL.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Dheerendra Pratap Singh, Dr. Parina Dalal, Dr. Prakash Chandra
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