Table 1.
Surgery | No surgery | |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | 49.11 | 40.22 |
Sex (M:F) | 6:3 | 4:5 |
Disease duration (years) | 40 | 16.11 |
Initial YBOCS | 35.14 | 31.71 |
Co-morbidities | GAD, MDD, DM, OSA, GERD, HTN, BCC, SCCa, | IC*, GAD, MDD, substance abuse, bulimia, HTN, GERD, PCOS, hypothyroidism, POTS, neuromuscular disorder |
payer source | 6 Medicare 1 Medicaid 2 Private Insurance (1 Self Pay, 1 bait and switch) |
1 Medicare 8 Private Insurance |
YBOCS, Yale-Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale; IC, Interstitial Cystitis; GAD, General Anxiety Disorder; MDD, Major Depressive Disorder; DM, Diabetes Mellitus; OSA, Obstructive Sleep Apnea; GERD, Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disorder; HTN, Hypertension; BCC, Basal Cell Carcinoma; SCCa, Squamous Cell Carcinoma; PCOS, Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome; POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
The only comorbidity that prohibited surgical intervention.