Table 2.
Treatment received and outcomes for youth with OCD + ASD, OCD and ASD
| OCD + ASD | OCD | ASD | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 335 | N = 1010 | N = 6577 | ||||||||||
| OCD + ASD compared to OCD group | OCD + ASD compared to ASD group | |||||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | d | Mean | SD | t | p | d | |
| Time in services (days) | 631.71 | 597.68 | 441.42 | 432.61 | 5.77 | *** | 0.37 | 484.37 | 648.75 | 3.76 | *** | 0.24 |
| CGAS at follow-up | 54.20 | 15.01 | 61.36 | 16.21 | − 7.68 | *** | 0.46 | 53.54 | 16.22 | 0.77 | * | 0.04 |
| CGAS change score | 8.84 | 18.30 | 12.03 | 16.84 | − 3.49 | *** | 0.18 | 5.62 | 17.03 | 3.79 | *** | 0.18 |
| OCD + ASD compared to OCD group | OCD + ASD compared to ASD group | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percent | N | Percent | chi2 | p | OR | N | Percent | chi2 | p | OR | |
| National Specialist CAMHS | 199 | 59 | 500 | 49 | 9.87 | ** | 1.49 | 1860 | 28 | 147.63 | *** | 3.71 |
| Antidepressant | 227 | 68 | 454 | 45 | 52.37 | *** | 2.57 | 1033 | 16 | 579.47 | *** | 11.28 |
| Antipsychotic | 117 | 35 | 159 | 16 | 56.76 | *** | 2.87 | 1076 | 16 | 76.93 | *** | 2.74 |
| Sedative | 91 | 27 | 112 | 11 | 50.73 | *** | 2.99 | 1363 | 21 | 7.96 | ** | 1.43 |
| CBT | 161 | 48 | 531 | 53 | 2.05 | ns | 0.83 | 484 | 8 | 624.11 | *** | 11.65 |
CGAS score adjusted for age, sex, intellectual disability, area deprivation, treatment (pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy), time between assessments
OCD obsessive–compulsive disorder, ASD autism spectrum disorder, CGAS Child Global Assessment Scale, ns non-significant
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05