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. 2019 Oct 2;9:14146. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49165-2

Table 1.

Key modifier words used in the natural language processing application for OCS.

OCS Keywords YBOCS Keywords Patient Insight Keywords
Obses* (Includes variations such as ‘obsessive’ and ‘obsessional’) Clean* (Includes variations such as ‘cleaned’ or ‘cleanliness’) Distres* (Includes variations such as distressed or distressing)
Compul* Includes varations such as Compulsive or compulsively, but specifically excluding “compulsory”. Wash* (Includes variations such as washing or washed) Unwanted
OCD* (Includes variations such as OCD and O.C.D) Check* (Includes variation such as checking and checked) Repugnant
Hoard* (Includes varations such as Hoarding and Hoarded) Repeat* (Includes varations such as repeatedly or repetitive) Repulsive
Ritual* (Includes variations such as ‘ritualistic’ and ‘ritually’) Count* (Includes variations such as counted or counting) Egodystonic
Order* (Includes variations such as ordered or ordering) Intrusive
Counting Intruding
Rearrange*(Includes variations such as rearranging or rearranged) Unable to stop