TABLE 1.

Characteristics and responses of 216 persons surveyed about preferred treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), by preferences for first-line and augmentation treatments

			First-line treatment (N=198)				Augmentation treatment (N=111)
	Total (N=216)		Prefers EX/RPa (N=108)		Prefers SRIb (N=90)		Prefers EX/RPa (N=76)		Prefers antipsychotic (N=35)
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (M±SD)	34±13		32±12		36±13		31±13		42±15
Female	157	73	84	78	63	70	63	83	22	63
Education
High school	17	8	8	7	8	9	5	7	4	11
Some college	79	37	43	40	31	34	29	38	11	31
4-year college degree	120	55	57	53	51	57	42	56	20	57
Marital status
Single	124	59	65	63	48	53	46	60	15	43
Married or living with partner	75	35	33	32	35	39	22	29	16	46
Divorced, separated, or widowed	12	6	5	5	7	8	5	7	4	11
White race	193	89	94	87	88	98	1	1	1	3
Non-Hispanic ethnicity	197	91	95	88	84	93	69	91	34	97
Employment
Employed	120	53	59	55	55	61	43	57	23	66
Student	36	21	17	16	14	16	15	20	2	6
Unemployed	60	15	32	30	21	23	18	24	10	29
Income
<$25,000	45	24	25	28	18	21	12	16	6	17
$25,000-$55,000	66	35	33	37	30	36	24	32	10	29
$55,001-$85,000	29	15	14	16	12	14	13	17	4	11
>$85,000	49	26	18	20	24	29	13	17	13	37
Insurance
Private	162	75	78	72	71	79	61	80	28	80
Public	27	13	15	14	10	11	9	12	15	145
None	27	12	16	15	9	10	6	8	2	6
Has a diagnosis of OCD	184	85	89	82	80	89	69	91	31	89
OCI-R (M±SD and range)c	48±14	24–84	50±15	26–84	47±13	24–76	50±15	26–84	45±11	27–72
Receiving treatmentd	124	57	51	47	70	71*	68	78	30	86
SRIb	124	57	47	43	70	78*	68	90	30	86
Benzodiazepine	30	14	18	17	12	13	18	24	4	11*
Antipsychotic	19	8	8	7	10	11	7	11	9	26
EX/RPa	20	9	13	12	6	7	10	13	2	6
Cognitive therapy	67	31	37	34	29	32	32	42	12	34
OCD support group	9	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	6
Supportive/dynamic therapy	23	11	10	9	12	13	12	16	5	14
Experience with treatment
Positive overall	76	49	32	41	42	58*	33	43	13	37
Positive with medications	69	44	20	27	47	61*	32	42	15	43
Positive with therapy	83	57	39	54	41	59	38	50	12	34

^aExposure and response prevention

^bSerotonin reuptake inhibitor

^cObsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. Possible scores range from 24 to 84, with higher scores indicating more severe illness.

^dFor variables related to treatment, responses about first-line treatment were received from 198 participants and responses for augmentation treatment were received from 111 participants.

^*p=.05, for association with first-line and augmentation treatment preferences