Table 1.
Sociodemographic and psychometric data from each sample.
| OCD Sample (n = 52) | Non-OCD Sample (n = 135) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | p-value | |
| Gender (% male) | 42.3% | 30% | 0.1 | ||
| Age (years) | 19–62 | 40.0 (10.0) | 20–64 | 32.9 (9.5) | <0.001 |
| Education (years) | 7–23 | 14.7 (3.4) | 4–23 | 15.4 (3.3) | 0.2 |
| Y-BOCS-II total score | 0–45 | 22.7 (10.4) | 0–25 | 1.8 (3.9) | <0.001 |
| BDI-II total score | 1–45 | 22.2 (13.6) | 0–42 | 6.2 (9.1) | <0.001 |
| STAI-state score | 22–75 | 47.9 (14.9) | 20–75 | 33.8 (10.8) | <0.001 |
| STAI-trait score | 26–77 | 56.9 (14.4) | 20–74 | 32.8 (10.7) | <0.001 |
| COI total score | 18–332 | 137.9 (82.7) | 0–290 | 31.9 (40.0) | <0.001 |
For all variables, mean and standard deviation are shown, except for gender (presented as percentage of males). Differences were tested using chi-square for gender and independent samples t-test for the other variables (p-values displayed). OCD, Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Y-BOCS-II, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-II; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; COI, Coimbra Obsessive Inventory.