Table 2.
Hoarding symptom severity and medical and psychiatric comorbid conditions in Veterans and non-Veterans with hoarding disorder.
| Veterans (n = 76) |
Non-Veterans (n = 83) |
χ2 | df | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoarding symptom severity, mean (SD) | |||||
| Savings inventory – revised (SI-R) Total | 58.99 (14.82) | 60.51 (11.43) | t = 0.73 | 156 | 0.234 |
| Clutter image rating (CIR) | 3.77 (1.83) | 4.22 (1.67) | t = 1.63 | 157 | 0.052 |
| Number of overall medical and psychiatric comorbidities, mean (SD) | 5.12 (2.85) | 3.32 (2.24) | t = 4.31 | 149 | <0.001 |
| Number of medical conditions, mean (SD) | 3.74 (2.65) | 2.36 (1.89) | t = 3.72 | 150 | <0.001 |
| Number of psychiatric comorbidities, mean (SD) | 1.37 (1.14) | 1.00 (1.14) | t = 2.02 | 156 | 0.020 |
| Presence of medical comorbid condition, n (%) | |||||
| Hypertension | 47 (61.84%) | 30 (37.97%) | 8.83 | 1 | 0.003 |
| Sleep apnea | 31 (40.79%) | 18 (22.78%) | 5.81 | 1 | 0.016 |
| Kidney disease | 7 (9.21%) | 0 | 7.62 | 1 | 0.006 |
| Diabetes | 20 (26.32%) | 7 (8.86%) | 8.20 | 1 | 0.004 |
| History of head injury | 19 (25%) | 9 (11.39%) | 4.85 | 1 | 0.028 |
| Gout | 8 (10.53%) | 2 (2.53%) | 4.10 | 1 | 0.043 |
| Stroke | 5 (6.58%) | 3 (3.80%) | 0.61 | 1 | 0.434 |
| Cancer | 14 (18.42%) | 11 (13.92%) | 0.58 | 1 | 0.447 |
| Emphysema | 4 (5.26%) | 1 (1.27%) | 1.98 | 1 | 0.159 |
| Ulcers | 5 (6.58%) | 3 (3.80%) | 0.61 | 1 | 0.434 |
| Hepatitis | 6 (7.89%) | 5 (6.33%) | 0.14 | 1 | 0.700 |
| Bleeding tendencies | 6 (7.89%) | 3 (3.80%) | 1.19 | 1 | 0.280 |
| Seizures | 4 (5.26%) | 4 (5.06%) | 0.003 | 1 | 0.955 |
| Heart disease | 13 (17.11%) | 6 (7.59%) | 3.26 | 1 | 0.071 |
| High cholesterol | 32 (42.67%) | 37 (46.84%) | 0.27 | 1 | 0.603 |
| Asthma | 11 (14.47%) | 9 (11.39%) | 0.33 | 1 | 0.567 |
| Tuberculosis | 3 (4.00%) | 1 (1.27%) | 1.14 | 1 | 0.286 |
| Colitis | 2 (2.63%) | 1 (1.27%) | 0.38 | 1 | 0.537 |
| Anemia | 9 (11.84%) | 8 (10.26%) | 0.10 | 1 | 0.754 |
| Arthritis | |||||
| Presence of psychiatric comorbid diagnosis, n (%) | |||||
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | 11 (14.47%) | 19 (23.17%) | 1.94 | 1 | 0.164 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) | 15 (19.74%) | 20 (24.39%) | 0.50 | 1 | 0.482 |
| Major depressive disorder (MDD) | 47 (61.84%) | 30 (36.59%) | 10.07 | 1 | 0.002 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | 18 (23.68%) | 4 (4.88%) | 11.64 | 1 | 0.001 |
| Social anxiety disorder (SAD) | 13 (17.11%) | 9 (10.98%) | 1.24 | 1 | 0.266 |