Table 1.

Mean scores on each item from the SSCL in 32 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder between men and women and score changes after 6 weeks of double-blinded treatment between treatments^∗

SSCL items graded 0–3		Pretreatment ratings (n = 32)				Score changes after 6 wk of treatment (n = 27)
		Men (n = 18)	Women (n = 14)	MW-U	P value	SRIs (n = 21)	Placebo (n = 6)	MW-U	P value
1	Sexual interest	1.9	1.6	90.5	.18	−0.05	0.17	50.0	.48
2	Sexual frequency	1.7	1.2	73.5	.045	−0.05	0.00	58.5	.80
3 (men)	Erection	1.9				.08 (n = 12)	0.00 (n = 3)	16.5	.84
3 (women)	Lubrication		1.6			−0.11 (n = 9)	0.33 (n = 3)	8.5	.37
4	Sexual sensation	1.8	1.6	113	.64	0.00	0.50	42.0	.24
5	Orgasm intensity	1.9	1.5	95.5	.25	−0.38	0.33	36.0	.12
6	Orgasm difficulty or delay—R†	2.8	2.0	59.0	.01	−1.81	0.00	18.5	.007
	SSCL total score (0–18)	12.1	9.6	62.5	.014	−2.29	1.17	14.0	.003

MW-U = Mann-Whitney U-test; SRIs = serotonin reuptake inhibitors; SSCL = Sexual Symptom Checklist.

^∗Higher scores denote less sexual dysfunction. Mann-Whitney U-test was used for group comparisons. Means are presented because the small number of alternative scores for each item made medians and quartiles uninformative. SDs varied from 0.4 to 1.0 for the separate items; also see Table 2.

^†The scoring of this item is reversed to comply with the other items (ie, higher scores denote less orgasm difficulty).