Table 1.
Demographic and clinical correlates of depression in children with OCD prior to treatment (N = 295)
| Depressive symptoms (n = 261) |
Suspected depressive disorders (n = 127) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson’s r |
Not depressed (n = 94) |
Depressed (n = 33) |
Chi square/t-test | |
| Gender; female, n (%) | -- | 58 (40.8) | 25 (62.5) | 8.55* |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 0.12 | 14.57 (2.55) | 14.97 (2.34) | −0.79 |
| Age at onset (years), mean (SD) | 0.05 | 10.30 (3.14) | 10.53 (3.32) | −0.35 |
| Family history of affective disorder | -- | 45 (48.9) | 11 (34.4) | 2.03 |
| Family history of OCD | -- | 15 (16.3) | 6 (18.8) | 0.10 |
| Previous CBT | -- | 58 (41.4) | 16 (41.0) | 0.01 |
| Current SSRI medication, n (%) | -- | 50 (36.8) | 17 (43.6) | 0.60 |
| Global functioning (CGAS), mean (SD) | −0.19* | 46.94 | 38.00 | 3.89* |
| Psychiatric admission | -- | 12 (12.9) | 11 (34.4) | 7.31* |
| School non-attendance | -- | 15 (22.7) | 15 (50.0) | 7.14* |
| OCD severity, mean (SD) | ||||
| Clinician (CY BOCS) | 0.42* | 25.62 (6.45) | 31.64 (5.18) | −4.84* |
| Parent (ChOCI) | 0.29* | 30.69 (8.91) | 36.93 (9.26) | −3.16* |
| Child (ChOCI) | 0.48* | 28.16 (8.55) | 38.71 (6.65) | −5.40* |
| OCD symptoms dimensions (CY-BOCS), mean (SD) | ||||
| Symmetry | 0.18* | 1.77 (1.49) | 1.97 (1.33) | −0.67 |
| Forbidden thoughts | 0.34* | 4.62 (3.65) | 5.74 (4.32) | −1.32 |
| Checking | 0.23* | 3.80 (3.33) | 4.30 (3.45) | −0.73 |
| Hoarding | 0.23* | 0.68 (0.88) | 0.91 (1.01) | −1.31 |
CGAS Children’s global functioning Scale, CY-BOCS Children’s Yale-brown obsessive compulsive scale, ChoCI Children’s obsessive compulsive inventory SD standard deviation, * p < 0.01