Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Mediating Variables
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
Quality of life, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Treatment, Assessment, Depression, Anxiety
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.10.006
Abstract
This study examined the association of various clinical features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with quality of life (QoL) in 102 adults with a principal diagnosis of OCD. Participants were assessed by trained clinicians using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule 4th edition, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and an unstructured clinical interview. Subjects completed the MOS-36 Item Short Form Health Survey, and Beck Depression Inventory-II. Obsessive-compulsive symptom severity was negatively correlated with emotional health, social functioning and general health QoL. Depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptom severity and emotional health, social functioning and general health QoL. Additionally, interference of obsessive-compulsive symptoms mediated the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptom severity and emotional health, social functioning and general health QoL. Resistance against obsessive-compulsive symptoms mediated the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptom severity and social functioning QoL. Diminished QoL is present in persons with OCD and is essential in understanding the complete clinical picture of OCD.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Psychiatry Research, v. 206, issue 1, p. 43-49
Scholar Commons Citation
Kugler, Brittany B.; Lewin, Adam B.; Phares, Vicky; Geffken, Gary R.; Murphy, Tanya K.; and Storch, Eric A., "Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Mediating Variables" (2014). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1012.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1012
