Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample of children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder and comorbid autism spectrum disorder (n = 34)
| Demographic variables | Data available n |
Frequency | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, boys | 34 | 23 | 67.64 | – |
| Demographic variables | Data available n |
Mean | sd | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at assessment, in years | 34 | 15.18 | 1.70 | 11–17 |
| Age of onset of the OCD, in years | 29 | 11.52 | 2.68 | 7–16 |
| Clinical variables | Data available n |
Frequency | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On medication at the time of assessment | 34 | 31 | 91.18 | – |
| Previous cognitive behaviour therapy | 34 | 25 | 73.53 | – |
| Psychiatric comorbidity, besides OCD and ASD | 34 | 7 | 20.58 | – |
| Anxiety disorders | 34 | 4 | 11.76 | – |
| Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder | 34 | 2 | 5.88 | – |
| Body dysmorphic disorder | 34 | 1 | 2.94 | – |
| Tourette syndrome | 34 | 1 | 2.94 | – |
| Psychiatric symptoms measures | Data available n |
Mean | sd | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinician-reported | ||||
| CY-BOCS | 34 | 27.65 | 4.15 | 15–34 |
| CGI-S | 34 | 5.06 | 0.89 | 3–6 |
| CGAS | 33 | 42.24 | 7.94 | 27–63 |
| Self- and parent-reported | ||||
| CHOCI-C total | 20 | 30.80 | 8.71 | 15–45 |
| CHOCI-C obsessions | 20 | 14.80 | 5.32 | 0–23 |
| CHOCI-C compulsions | 20 | 16.00 | 4.30 | 8–22 |
| CHOCI-P total | 24 | 32.62 | 9.25 | 0–44 |
| CHOCI-P obsessions | 25 | 16.28 | 4.81 | 0–22 |
| CHOCI-P compulsions | 24 | 16.46 | 5.16 | 0–22 |
| FAS-PR total | 24 | 29.67 | 13.67 | 3–47 |
| FAS-PR avoidance | 24 | 15.08 | 7.47 | 0–24 |
| FAS-PR involvement | 24 | 14.58 | 7.00 | 3–23 |
| RBQ-2 total | 18 | 38.28 | 9.36 | 22–53 |
| RBQ-2 repetitive motor movements | 18 | 9.00 | 3.66 | 5–17 |
| RBQ-2 rigidity/adherence to routine | 18 | 14.50 | 4.45 | 0–20 |
| RBQ-2 preoccupation/restricted patterns | 18 | 12.33 | 3.36 | 7–19 |
| RBQ-2 unusual sensory interests | 18 | 7.44 | 2.87 | 3–14 |
| WSAS-Y | 18 | 20.61 | 11.11 | 5–40 |
| WSAS-P | 21 | 27.52 | 7.63 | 14–40 |
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder, CGAS Children’s Global Assessment Scale, CGI-S Clinical Global Impression—Severity, CHOCI-C Children’s Obsessional Compulsive Inventory—Child Version, CHOCI-P Children’s Obsessional Compulsive Inventory—Parent Version, CY-BOCS Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, FAS Family Accommodation Scale, OCD Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, RBQ Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire, WSAS-P Work and Social Adjustment Scale—Parent Version, WSAS-Y Work and Social Adjustment Scale—Youth Version