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

p value reached from unpaired Student’s t-test.