Table 2.
Y-BOCS total scores and obsession/compulsion subscales scores (mean ± standard deviation) in outpatients with OCD
| Total Sample |
Men N=126 (58.1%) |
Women N=91 (41.9%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Y-BOCS total scores | 24.67 ± 7.87 | 24.63 ± 7.86 | 24.71 ± 7.93 |
| Obsession subscale scores | 12.60 ± 3.90 | 12.67 ± 3.86 | 12.49 ± 3.98 |
| Compulsion subscale scores | 12.07 ± 4.26 | 11.96 ± 4.37 | 12.22 ± 4.13 |
| Obsessions subtypes | Total Sample | Men | Women |
| Aggressive | 139 (64%) | 76 (35%) | 63 (29%) |
| Symmetry/exactness | 98 (45.2%) | 58 (26.7%) | 40 (18.4%) |
| Contamination | 92 (42.4%) | 53 (24.4%) | 39 (18%) |
| Somatic | 64 (29.5%) | 43 (19.8%) | 21 (9.7%) |
| Sexual thoughts/images | 36 (16.6%) | 29 (13.4%) | 7 (3.2%) |
| Hoarding | 34 (15.7%) | 19 (8.8%) | 15 (6.9%) |
| Religious | 27 (12.4%) | 15 (6.9%) | 12 (5.5%) |
| Miscellaneous | 159 (73.3%) | 97 (44.7%) | 62 (28.6%) |
| Compulsions subtypes | |||
| Checking rituals | 158 (72.8%) | 92 (42.4%) | 66 (30.4%) |
| Cleaning/washing | 98 (45.2%) | 57 (26.3%) | 41 (18.9%) |
| Repeating | 82 (37.8%) | 51 (23.5%) | 31 (14.3%) |
| Ordering/arranging | 43 (19.8%) | 23 (10.6%) | 20 (9.2%) |
| Rituals of counting | 37 (17.1%) | 24 (11.1%) | 13 (6%) |
| Hoarding/collecting | 21 (9.7%) | 12 (5.5%) | 9 (4.2%) |
| Other types | 129 (59.5%) | 72 (33.2%) | 57 (26.3%) |