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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2005;46(4):254–260. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.004

Table 4.

Psychosocial functioning scores of 176 subjects with BDD

Measure Mean (SD)
LIFE-RIFT
 Total score 13.8 (3.5)
 Work impairment 3.1 (1.2)
 School impairment 3.4 (1.2)
 Household impairment 3.2 (1.2)
 Recreation 3.0 (1.4)
 Relationships—family 3.6 (1.3)
 Relationships—friends 2.7 (1.3)
 Satisfaction 3.3 (0.9)
 Global social adjustment 4.1 (0.8)
SOFAS 47.7 (13.3)
GAF 45.4 (10.9)
Not working
 Because of psychopathologya 36% (N = 63)
 Other reasons 12% (N = 21)
Not doing school work
 Because of psychopathologya 32% (N = 56)
 Other reasons 45% (N = 80)
Not doing household work
 Because of psychopathologya 13% (N = 23)
 Other reasons 2% (N = 3)
a

Seventy-nine percent of the sample considered BDD to be their most problematic current disorder.