Table 1 Symptoms categories at baseline and at follow-up among children and adolescents with OCD
Symptom category in the Yale-BOCS | Symptoms present at baseline | Symptoms present at follow-up (n = 42) | Patients whose symptoms changed (n = 42) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entire sample (n = 73) | Reevaluated sample (n = 42) | |||||||||
n (%) | mean (SD)a | median (IQR)a | n (%) | mean (SD)a | median (IQR)a | n (%) | mean (SD)a | median (IQR)a | n (%) | |
Obsessions | ||||||||||
Aggressive | 35 (47.9) | 2.3 (1.6) | 2 (2) | 21 (50.0) | 2.1 (1.3) | 2 (2) | 14 (33.3) | 1.8 (1.4) | 1 (1) | 17 (40.5) |
Contamination | 33 (45.2) | 2.6 (1.4) | 2 (2) | 17 (40.5) | 2.1 (1.3) | 2 (2) | 14 (33.3) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1 (1) | 15 (35.7) |
Sexualb | 10 (13.7) | 4 (9.5) | 5 (11.9) | 5 (11.9) | ||||||
Hoardingb | 15 (20.5) | 9 (21.4) | 8 (19.0) | 11 (26.2) | ||||||
Religious | 34 (46.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 20 (47.6) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1 (0) | 11 (26.2) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1 (0) | 19 (45.2)c |
Symmetry | 28 (38.4) | 1.7 (0.9) | 17 (40.5) | 1.7 (0.9) | 1 (2) | 13 (31.0) | 1.7 (1.0) | 1 (2) | 12 (28.6) | |
Somatic | 34 (46.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 22 (52.3) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 14 (33.3) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1 (0) | 14 (33.3)c |
Compulsions | ||||||||||
Cleaning | 31 (42.5) | 1.6 (0.8) | 1 (1) | 16 (38.1) | 1.7 (0.8) | 1 (1) | 11 (26.2) | 1.6 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 11 (26.2) |
Checking | 36 (49.3) | 1.9 (1.0) | 2 (1) | 18 (42.9) | 1.8 (0.9) | 2 (1) | 13 (31.0) | 1.8 (1.3) | 1 (1) | 9 (21.4) |
Repeating | 35 (47.9) | 1.5 (0.5) | 2 (1) | 21 (50.0) | 0.8 (0.9) | 2 (1) | 14 (33.3) | 1.4 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 11 (26.2)c |
Countingb | 20 (27.4) | 12 (28.6) | 11 (26.2) | 13 (31.0) | ||||||
Ordering | 28 (38.4) | 1.7 (0.8) | 2 (1) | 15 (35.7) | 1.7 (0.8) | 2 (1) | 20 (47.6) | 1.6 (0.5) | 2 (1) | 13 (31.0) |
Hoardingb | 12 (16.4) | 6 (15.0) | 5 (11.9) | 7 (16.7) | ||||||