Table 2.

Predictors and Moderators of Acute Outcome in the First Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Study (POTS I)

Category/Variable (measure)	Variable F (df)	Variable x Treatment F(df)	Status
Demographics
Gender (M/F)	.03 (1, 104)	.78 (3, 104)
Age (yrs)	.51 (1, 104)	.11 (3, 104)
Household Income	1.10 (2, 90)	.57 (6, 90)
Severity of Illness Markers
Baseline OCD Severity
(CY-BOCS)	41.12*** (1, 104)	1.01 (3, 104)	P
Functional Impairment
(COIS-P)	17.72*** (1, 96)	1.94* (3, 96)	P
(COIS-C)	2.26 (1, 89)	2.06 (3, 89)
Insight (FBQ)	2.98* (3, 79)	.69 (8, 79)	P
Comorbid Disorders or Symptoms at Baseline
Any Internalizing Diagnosis (ADIS-C)	1.61 (1, 100)	.52 (3, 100)
Any Externalizing Diagnosis (ADIS-C)	.12 (1, 100)	.70 (3, 100)
Anxiety Symptoms (MASC)	.78 (1, 91)	.88 (3, 91)
Externalizing Symptoms (CPRSL- Global Index score)	8.52** (1, 88)	.99 (3, 88)	P
Family Factors
Parental Psychopathology- (BSI)	3.67 (1, 92)	2.04 (3, 92)
First-Degree Family History OCD (Y/N)	.03 (1, 104)	2.70* (3, 104)	Mo
Family Functioning – Overall (FAM-III – Overall T-score)	.03 (1, 96)	.12 (3, 96)
Accommodation (FAS-PR)	8.75** (1, 88)	1.32 (3, 88)	P

Note: ADIS-C = Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children; BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory; COIS-C = Child OCD Impact Scale – Child report; COIS-P = Child OCD Impact Scale – Parent Report; CPRSL = Conners Parent Report Scale – Long Version; CY-BOCS = Children’s Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale; df=degrees of freedom; F = female; FAM-III = Family Assessment Measure – Third Edition; FAS-PR = Family Accommodation Scale-Parent Report; FBQ = Fixity of Beliefs Scale; M = male; MASC = Multidimensional Anxiety Scale; Mo = Moderator; N = no; OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; P = Predictor; Y = yes; Yrs = years.

^*p <.05,

^**p <.01,

^***p <.001.