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. 2021 Apr 1;138:155–162. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.03.064

Table 4.

Associations between COVID-19 behavior and dichotomized contamination obsessions, contamination phobias, and OCI-R change, stratified by OCD diagnoses, doubt score, and COVID-19 risk score Univariable logistic regression models.


Contamination Obsessions (N = 2117)
Contamination Phobias (N = 2117)
OCI-R Changea (N = 634)
OCI-R Change, Excluding washing itemsb (N = 771)
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
OCD Diagnosis
 No 1.15 (1.13–1.17)e 1.13 (1.12–1.15)e 1.16 (1.09–1.23)e 1.13 (1.07–1.20)e
 Yes 1.13 (1.08–1.18)e 1.14 (1.09–1.19)e 1.13 (0.92–1.38) 1.08 (0.93–1.26)



Doubt Score
 17–39 1.19 (1.14–1.24)e 1.19 (1.12–1.26)e 1.22 (1.11–1.33)e 1.15 (1.07–1.24)e
 40–59 1.13 (1.11–1.16)e 1.12 (1.07–1.13)e 1.10 (1.01–1.21)c 1.11 (1.01–1.22)c
 60–81 1.12 (1.09–1.15)e 1.14 (1.11–1.17)e 1.11 (0.90–1.35) 1.05 (0.90–1.23)



COVID-19 Risk Score
 0–2 1.17 (1.13–1.20)e 1.13 (1.10–1.16)e 1.15 (1.04–1.28)d 1.12 (0.99–1.27)
 3–5 1.14 (1.11–1.17)e 1.14 (1.12–1.17)e 1.24 (1.11–1.37)c 1.17 (1.09–1.27)e
 6–10 1.12 (1.08–1.16)e 1.13 (1.09–1.17)e 1.04 (0.95–1.15) 1.03 (0.94–1.13)



a

Change from 0 to 9 to 21+, among 634 participants with a pre-pandemic OCI-R score of 0–9.

b

Change from 0 to 9 to 16+, among 771 participants with a pre-pandemic OCI-R score of 0–9, excluding washing items.

c

p < 0.05.

d

p < 0.01.

e

p < 0.001.