Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with OCD and controls.
| OCD | Controls | F (df = 15) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 39.05±12.85 | 38.65±11.88 | 0.011 | 0.917 |
| Gender, male/female | 12/11 | 13/11 | 1.270 | 0.269 |
| Education (years) | 12.50±2.94 | 12.57±2.74 | 0.006 | 0.940 |
| Y-BOCS total | 33.35±2.95 | 0 | 1,550.86 | < 0.001 |
| Y-BOCS obsessions subscale | 16.75±2.95 | 0 | 742.41 | < 0.001 |
| Y-BOCS compulsions subscale | 16.60±2.47 | 0 | 1,034.77 | < 0.001 |
| MHLC total | 69.47±12.16 | 55.65±13.41 | 11.76 | 0.001 |
| Internal HLC | 24.68±6.81 | 19.30±6.11 | 7.27 | 0.010 |
| Powerful other HLC | 20.89±6.12 | 19.30±6.66 | 0.637 | 0.430 |
| Change HLC | 23.89±5.38 | 17.04±5.23 | 17.36 | < 0.001 |
| BDI | 16.90±14.56 | 7.83±9.14 | 6.151 | 0.010 |
| MOCI total score | 10.82±2.12 | 3.54±1.81 | 160.01 | < 0.001 |
| Checking | 6.57±0.59 | 2.38±1.13 | 248.93 | < 0.001 |
| Cleaning | 0.96±1.06 | 0.25±0.44 | 45.171 | < 0.001 |
| Doubting/ruminating | 3.30±1.55 | 0.92±0.77 | 8.95 | 0.004 |
Data presented as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise specified.
BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; df = degrees of freedom; HLC = health locus of control; MHLC = multidimensional health locus of control; MOCI = Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory; OCD = obsessive-compulsive disorder; Y-BOCS = Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.