Obsessive-Compulsive Aspects and Pathological Gambling in an Italian Sample

Table 2

Scoring of MOCQ-R.

Group of age	𝑁.	Sex	MOCQ-R1-R2-R3	Subjects with values > cut-off	Subjects with values >75° percentile
18–33	85	Males	R1 control	0	9
			R2 cleaning	0	3
			R3 doubt/rumination	0	8
			Total Index MOCQ	13	20
			% total index	15.29%	23.52%
	70	Females	R1 control	0	2
			R2 cleaning	2	10
			R3 doubt/rumination	2	3
			Total Index MOCQ	2	13
			% total index	2.8%	15.29%
34–49	53	Males	R1 control	2	10
			R2 cleaning	4	4
			R3 doubt/rumination	2	12
			Total Index MOCQ	0	8
			% total index	0.0%	15%
	27	Females	R1 control	0	0
			R2 cleaning	0	0
			R3 doubt/rumination	0	3
			Total Index MOCQ	0	3
			% total index	0.0%	5.66%
50–65	36	Males	R1 control	0	2
			R2 cleaning	0	0
			R3 doubt/rumination	0	2
			Total Index MOCQ	0	5
			% total index	0.0%	13.88%
	29	Females	R1 control	0	4
			R2 cleaning	0	0
			R3 doubt/rumination	0	0
			Total Index MOCQ	0	6
			% total index	0.0%	20.68%

MOCQ-R investigates obsessive-compulsive behaviors and problems, not symptoms or personality traits, and the total score estimates the extent and severity of these problems. MOCQ-R1 indicates specific behaviors and concerns related to repeated and unnecessary controls; MOCQ-R2 indicates problems related to hygiene and cleanliness, as well as concerns related to unlikely infection and contamination; MOCQ-R3 indicates recurrent and intrusive thoughts and unpleasant and persistent doubts; Total Index MOCQ: indication of the presence of obsessive-compulsive disorders.