Personality Disorders in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Comparative Study versus Other Anxiety Disorders

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and BDI-II results of subjects with OCD, without OCD, and control subjects^a.

	OCD; (n = 41)	Non-OCD; (n = 40)	Control; (n = 41)	Test statistic	df	𝑃	ES^b
Age	35.78 (10.63)	35.37 (10.14)	34.90 (9.7)	F = 0.08	2,118	.928	.001
Gender (% male)	16 (39.02)	12 (30)	16 (39.02)	𝜒^2=0.95	2	.622	.088
BDI-II	20.07 (12.02)	23.28 (14.80)	7.80 (6.79)	𝐹=19.97	2,119	.000	.251
Educational level				𝜒^2=0.95	6	.911	.132
No studies	1	1	1
Primary studies	12	15	12
Secondary studies	12	12	15
University studies	16	12	13

aResults by group are presented as 𝑛 (% of subjects) for 𝜒² analyses and mean (SD) for ANOVA.
^bEffect sizes are presented as phi for 𝜒² analyses and eta for ANOVA (0.10 = small, 0.30 = medium, 0.50 = large for both effect size measures).