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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2014 May 23;56:98–105. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.05.008

Table 4.

Clinical Characteristics at Admission of Participants Who Achieved “Wellness” Versus Participants Who Did Not

Characteristic Wellness not acheived (N = 174)
Wellness achieved (N = 53)
p-value
N Mean (SD) N Mean (SD)
Age 173 33.3 (14.1) 50 33.7 (13.4) 0.83
Age of OCD onset 141 14.2 (9.2) 45 16.1 (13.2) 0.36
Alcohol Use Disorders Test - Consumption 167 1.9 (2.1) 50 1.4 (1.8) 0.14
Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 173 0.8 (1.3) 50 0.6 (1.2) 0.38
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale 173 27.1 (5.4) 50 25.7 (6.5) 0.16
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-16 173 13.8 (5.5) 50 12.5 (4.9) 0.11
Work and Social Adjustment scale 130 27.6 (7.8) 30 26.5 (7.1) 0.46
Schwartz Outcome Scale-10 130 23.3 (10.8) 30 25.1 (11.1) 0.43
Duration of illness 141 18.5 (13.4) 45 18.2 (11.7) 0.86

Characteristic N N (%) N N (%) p-value

Male 173 92 (53.2) 50 26 (52.0) 1
Married/partner 170 33 (19.4) 47 7 (14.9) 0.53
Currently employed 170 53 (31.2) 47 14 (29.8) 1
Family history of OCD 170 94 (55.3) 46 24 (52.2) 0.74
PTSD history 168 14 (8.3) 46 8 (17.4) 0.1
Payment method
 Managed care 170 135 (79.4) 47 39 (83.0) 0.68
 Medicare/Medi-caid 170 27 (15.9) 47 8 (17.0) 0.83
 Self-pay 170 8 (4.7) 47 0 (0) 0.21
Past treatment
 Behavioral therapy 168 27 (16.1) 46 6 (13.0) 0.82
 Medication 168 26 (15.5) 46 7 (15.2) 1
 Behavioral therapy and medication 168 93 (55.4) 46 28 (60.9) 0.62
 Other treatment method 168 13 (7.7) 46 3 (6.5) 1
 Never received treatment 168 9 (5.4) 46 2 (4.3) 1
Education
 High school diploma or GED 170 55 (32.4) 47 17 (36.2) 0.73
 Some college or Associates degree 170 36 (21.2) 47 5 (10.6) 0.14
 Bachelors degree 170 59 (34.7) 47 14 (29.8) 0.60
 Graduate degree 170 20 (11.8) 47 11 (23.4) 0.058