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Study results from Selcuk University provide new insights into obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In this recent study, researchers in Akyokus, Turkey conducted a study "To examine the effects of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on quality of life in pregnant women. Twenty-five pregnant women diagnosed as OCD in two university outpatient clinics were included for the study."
"Twenty-five pregnant women with no mental disorders and the same sociodemographic properties were taken as the control group. The diagnosis of OCD was confirmed with the DSM-IV Axis-I Disorders Structured Clinic Interview Diagnosis/Clinic Version (SCID-I/CV). In order to measure the severity of OCD Yale-Brown Obsession and Compulsion Scale was performed. Quality of life was evaluated by WHO (World Health Organisation) Life Quality Scale - Short Form (WHOQOL-Brief). The whole subgroup of points of WHOQOL-Brief was significantly lower in OCD patients compared to control group (in all subgroups P
The researchers concluded: "OCD negatively effects the quality of life in pregnant women and is correlated with the severity of the disorder."
Gezginc and colleagues published their study in International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (The impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder in pregnancy on quality of life. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2008;12(2):134-137).
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