From: Testing the psychometric properties of the illness perceptions questionnaire for OCD (IPQ-O)
 | N endorsing symptom | Percentage of respondents | Sample N |
---|---|---|---|
Compulsive behaviours or rituals (e.g. Handwashing, checking, counting silently to yourself, reassurance seeking) | 265 | 96.0% | 276 |
Obsessions (unpleasant thoughts, images or impulses that come into your mind repeatedly) | 263 | 95.3% | 274 |
Irrational thoughts | 250 | 90.6% | 276 |
Anxiety | 244 | 88.4% | 275 |
Feelings of unease | 235 | 85.1% | 275 |
Thinking too much about things | 234 | 84.8% | 276 |
Worrying too much | 224 | 81.2% | 276 |
Feeling tense | 223 | 80.8% | 276 |
Difficulty concentrating | 209 | 75.7% | 275 |
Low mood | 206 | 74.6% | 276 |
Always expecting the worst to happen | 204 | 73.9% | 275 |
Hypervigilance (constantly looking for danger, threats or harm) | 199 | 72.1% | 276 |
A fixed way of thinking | 187 | 67.8% | 276 |
Irritability | 185 | 67.0% | 275 |
Feeling withdrawn | 174 | 63.0% | 276 |
Restlessness | 170 | 61.6% | 273 |
Difficulty experiencing pleasure | 169 | 61.2% | 273 |
Paranoia | 156 | 56.5% | 273 |
Suicidal thoughts | 154 | 55.8% | 276 |
Lacking energy or motivation | 148 | 53.6% | 272 |
Sleep problems | 146 | 52.9% | 276 |
Feeling ‘dissociated’ or disconnected from yourself | 136 | 49.3% | 276 |
Disorientation | 83 | 30.1% | 273 |