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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;162(6):1125–1132. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.6.1125

TABLE 2. Adaptive, Family, and Emotional Functioning of Children With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Children With OCD Plus Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Children With ADHD, and Unaffected Comparison Subjects.

Functional Domain and Measure Children With OCD
(N=56)
Children With OCD Plus ADHD
(N=43)
Children With ADHD
(N=95)
Comparison Subjects
(N=93)
Analysis Significant Post Hoc Comparisonsa





Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD F df p
Adaptive functioning
 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales score
  Communication 92.5 20.9 87.3 20.0 84.1 15.7 100.4 13.6 11.71 3, 188 <0.001 Comparison > OCD, OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
  Daily living 86.2 18.1 83.2 18.6 82.2 13.7 99.3 13.8 15.67 3, 188 <0.001 Comparison > OCD, OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
  Socialization 92.7 19.1 81.9 19.7 78.5 18.5 101.8 14.1 20.97 3, 188 <0.001 Comparison > OCD, OCD plus ADHD, ADHD; OCD > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
 Child Behavior Checklist score
  Activities 48.3 8.2 46.4 8.1 46.1 7.3 49.9 5.5 6.21 3, 215 <0.001 Comparison > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
  Social 46.7 9.4 37.9 10.1 40.4 8.9 49.3 7.9 13.71 3, 215 <0.001 Comparison > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD; OCD > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
  School 44.5 9.5 39.9 7.3 38.3 8.4 49.2 6.2 20.27 3, 215 <0.001 Comparison > OCD, OCD plus ADHD, ADHD; OCD > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD
Family functioning
 Family Environment Scale score
  Conflict 3.2 2.2 4.6 2.2 3.8 1.9 2.7 2.1 4.46 3, 240 0.004 OCD plus ADHD > OCD, comparison; ADHD > comparison
  Cohesion 7.4 2.1 6.2 2.2 6.7 2.2 7.8 1.4 4.92 3, 240 0.002 Comparison > OCD plus ADHD, ADHD; OCD > OCD plus ADHD
  Control 4.1 1.7 5.3 1.3 5.6 1.9 5.2 1.8 6.51 3, 240 <0.0001 Comparison > OCD; OCD plus ADHD > OCD; ADHD > OCD
Emotional functioning
 Children's Depression Inventory score 49.2 9.0 53.6 11.5 49.3 9.2 42.3 7.1 16.68 3, 210 <0.001 OCD > comparison; OCD plus ADHD > comparison; ADHD > comparison
 Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale score 53.6 10.8 56.0 13.3 51.6 10.6 39.6 11.2 20.17 3, 210 <0.001 OCD > comparison; OCD plus ADHD > comparison; ADHD > comparison
 Child Behavior Checklist internalizing problems score 59.6 11.0 66.8 10.6 60.9 11.5 44.7 10.7 38.11 3, 215 <0.001 OCD > comparison; OCD plus ADHD > OCD, ADHD, comparison; ADHD > comparison
a

Holm's post hoc test (p<0.05).