Research Article
Clinical Profile and Comorbidity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder among Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Observation in Bangladesh
Table 2
Characteristics feature of obsession according to Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale.
| Characteristics | Age in years | Total () | p value | <12 () | ≥12 () | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Time spent on obsession | | | | | | | Mild | 2 | 9.5 | 2 | 5.1 | 4 | 6.7 | | Moderate | 9 | 42.9 | 10 | 25.6 | 19 | 31.7 | | Severe | 10 | 47.6 | 15 | 38.5 | 25 | 41.7 | | Extreme | 0 | .0 | 12 | 30.8 | 12 | 20.0 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.013 |
| Obsession-free interval | | | | | | | | Long | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.7 | 4 | 6.7 | | Moderately long | 16 | 76.2 | 14 | 35.9 | 30 | 50.0 | | Short | 3 | 14.3 | 17 | 43.6 | 20 | 33.3 | | Extremely short | 1 | 4.8 | 5 | 12.8 | 6 | 10.0 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.040 |
| Interference from obsessions | | | | | | | Long | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.7 | 4 | 6.7 | | Moderately long | 10 | 47.6 | 7 | 17.9 | 17 | 28.3 | | Short | 10 | 47.6 | 10 | 25.6 | 20 | 33.3 | | Extremely short | 0 | .0 | 19 | 48.7 | 19 | 31.7 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.003 |
| Distress of obsessions | | | | | | | | Long | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 5.1 | 3 | 5.0 | | Moderately long | 4 | 19.0 | 3 | 7.7 | 7 | 11.7 | | Short | 12 | 57.1 | 12 | 30.8 | 24 | 40.0 | | Extremely short | 4 | 19.0 | 22 | 56.4 | 26 | 43.3 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.035 |
| Resistance | | | | | | | | Much resistance | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 3.3 | | Some resistance | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.7 | 4 | 6.7 | | Often yields | 17 | 81.0 | 23 | 59.0 | 40 | 66.7 | | Completely yields | 2 | 9.5 | 12 | 30.8 | 14 | 23.3 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.204 |
| Control over obsessions | | | | | | | Much control | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | .0 | 1 | 1.7 | | Moderate control | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.7 | 4 | 6.7 | | Little control | 17 | 81.0 | 23 | 59.0 | 40 | 66.7 | | No control | 2 | 9.5 | 13 | 33.3 | 15 | 25.0 | | Mean ± SD score | | | | 0.063 | Total obsession score | | | | 0.006 |
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p value reached from unpaired Student’s t-test.
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