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. 2023 Jun 3;38:100812. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100812

Table 6.

OCD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Variable N %
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, has the severity of your OCD symptoms changed?
OCD Symptoms have gotten a lot better 2 1.40
OCD Symptoms have gotten a little better 8 5.59
OCD Symptoms are about the same 42 29.4
OCD Symptoms have gotten a little worse 59 41.3
OCD Symptoms have gotten a lot worse 32 22.4
Which is true for you?
OCD dimension remained the same 38 26.6
OCD dimension shifted 105 73.4
Which is true for you?
OCD concerns are less distressing than current concern about COVID-19 88 61.5
OCD concerns remain primary even if concerned about COVID-19 55 38.5
Has COVID-19 become part of your current OCD concerns?
Any concerns about COVID-19 are separate from OCD 15 10.5
Concern about COVID-19 was an obsession of mine only during the initial stages of pandemic (March–June 2020) 54 37.8
Concern about COVID-19 has become an OCD obsession of mine and remains part of my OCD 74 51.7