Table3.

Comparison of Changes in the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Total and Subscales Scores from Baseline between the Two Groups (Saffron and Fluvoxamine) Using Independent T-Test

Y-BOCS score	Saffron group(n=23)	Fluvoxamine group(n=23)	Mean difference saffron- fluvoxamine (95%CI)	Cohen’s d	P-value
total (weak 2)	1.04 ± 1.94	0.91 ± 1.12	0.13 ( -0.81 to 1.07)	0.08	0.78
total (weak 4)	2.39 ± 2.48	2.04 ± 1.63	0.34 (-0.90 to 1.59)	0.16	0.57
total (weak 6)	3.82 ± 2.47	2.91 ± 2.04	0.91 (-0.43 to 2.26)	0.40	0.18
total (weak 8)	4.39 ± 2.75	3.82 ± 2.30	0.56 (-0.94 to 2.07)	0.22	0.45
total (weak 10)	5.13 ± 2.98	4.52 ± 2.52	0.60 (-1.03 to 2.25)	0.22	0.45
0bsession(weak2)	0.69 ± 1.42	0.73 ± 0.81	-0.04 (-0.73 to 0.64)	0.03	0.90
0bsession(weak4)	1.65 ± 1.77	1.60 ± 1.03	0.04 (-0.81 to 0.90)	0.03	0.92
0bsession(weak6)	2.82 ± 1.66	2.26 ± 1.35	0.56 (-0.33 to 1.46)	0.37	0.21
0bsession (weak 8)	3.26 ± 2.00	2.82 ± 1.46	0.43 (-0.60 to 1.47)	0.25	0.40
0bsession (weak 10)	3.86 ± 2.34	3.43 ± 1.75	0.43 (-0.79 to 1.66)	0.20	0.48
compulsion (weak 2)	0.34 ± 1.15	0.17 ± 0.57	0.17 (-0.37 to 0.72)	0.18	0.52
compulsion (weak 4)	0.69 ± 1.49	0.43 ± 0.84	0.26 (-0.45 to 0.98 )	0.21	0.46
compulsion (weak 6)	1.62 ±1.0	0.65 ± 1.19	0.34 (-0.49 to 1.19 )	0.24	0.41
compulsion (weak 8)	1.13 ± 1.65	1.00 ± 1.50	0.13 (-0.81 to 1.07)	0.08	0.78
compulsion (weak 10)	1.26 ± 1.62	1.08 ± 1.62	0.17 (-0.79 to 1.13)	0.11	0.71