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Quality of life and disability in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J. Bobes ,
M.P. González ,
M.T. Bascarán ,
C. Arango ,
P.A. Sáiz  and
M. Bousoño
J. Bobes*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Julián Claveria, 6, 33006Oviedo, Spain
M.P. González
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Julián Claveria, 6, 33006Oviedo, Spain
M.T. Bascarán
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Julián Claveria, 6, 33006Oviedo, Spain
C. Arango
Affiliation:
Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
P.A. Sáiz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Julián Claveria, 6, 33006Oviedo, Spain
M. Bousoño
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Julián Claveria, 6, 33006Oviedo, Spain
*
*Correspondence and reprints. E-mail address: bobes@correo.uniovi.es (J. Bobes).
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Summary

The aim of this study is to describe the situation of Spanish obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients and compare it to that of the general population and other patient groups.

Methods

Thirty-six OCD patients on maintenance treatment were evaluated using the Y-BOCS, SF-36, and DAS-S. Their SF-36 scores were compared to Spanish norms and to those obtained from U.S. OCD patients, schizophrenic outpatients, depressed outpatients, heroin dependents, patients on hemodialysis, and kidney transplant recipients.

Results

Sixty-one percent ofthe patients had severe or extremely severe symptoms. Their quality oflif e was worse when compared with the Spanish norms in all SF-36 areas, but especially with respect to mental health. In contrast to U.S. OCD patients, social functioning is more impaired in the Spanish OCD patients. OCD patients reported the same quality oflif e as schizophrenics in the areas ofmental health, but better in the areas ofphysical health. Compared with heroin dependents and depressed patients, their quality oflif e was worse. On mental health scales, OCD patients scored worse than somatic patients.

Conclusions

OCD in the Spanish population was shown to be associated with worse quality of life than for any other patient group (including physical groups), except schizophrenics.

Keywords

disabilityobsessive-compulsive disorderquality of lifeSF-36

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European Psychiatry , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , June 2001 , pp. 239 - 245
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2001

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