Table 3. Major OCD Symptoms.
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| Major OCD Symptoms | Never Pregnant (N = 48) |
All Pregnant Women (N = 77)a |
Pregnancy- related OCD Onset (N = 24) |
OCD Onset Unrelated to Pregnancy (N = 53)b |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Aggressive | 18 (37.5) | 22 (28.6) | 5 (20.8) | 17 (32.1) |
| Contamination | 23 (47.9) | 35 (45.5) | 16 (66.7)c | 19 (35.9)c |
| Sexual | 7 (14.6) | 4 (5.2) | 1 (4.2) | 3 (5.7) |
| Hoarding/saving | 6 (12.5) | 5 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (9.4) |
| Religious/scrupulosity | 8 (16.7)c | 3 (3.9)c | 1 (4.2) | 2 (3.8) |
| Symmetry/exactness | 13 (27.1) | 17 (22.1) | 6 (25.0) | 11 (20.8) |
| Somatic/illness | 4 (8.3) | 5 (6.5) | 2 (8.3) | 3 (5.7) |
| Misc. obsessions | 15 (31) | 23 (30) | 6 (25.0) | 17 (32.1) |
| Cleaning/washing | 23 (47.9) | 45 (58.4) | 17 (10.8) | 28 (52.8) |
| Checking | 27 (56.3) | 38 (49.4) | 12 (50.0) | 26 (49.1) |
| Repeating | 18 (37.5) | 24 (31.2) | 8 (33.3) | 16 (30.2) |
| Counting | 11 (22.9) | 12 (15.6) | 1 (4.2) | 11 (20.8) |
| Ordering/arranging | 3 (6.3)d | 17 (22.1)d | 6 (25.0) | 11 (20.8) |
| Collecting | 8 (16.7) | 5 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (9.4) |
| Misc. compulsions | 16 (33.3)c | 11 (14.3)c | 2 (8.3) | 9 (17.0) |
| Worry – aggression or harm to babies |
N/A | 16 (20.8) | 6 (25.0) | 10 (18.9) |
| Total, Mean±SD | 4.2 ± 2.0 (N = 48) | 3.7 ± 1.4 (N = 77) | 3.7±1.3 (N = 24) | 3.6 ± 1.5 (N = 53) |
a
Missing data thus the sample size is N = 77.
b
Missing data thus sample size is N = 53.
c
p = 0.01.
d
p = 0.02.
Abbreviations: OCD = Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, N/A = Not applicable.