Influence of age of onset on clinical features in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Tukel R., Ertekin E., Batmaz S., Alyanak F., Sozen A., Aslantas B., ...Daha Fazla

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, cilt.21, sa.3, ss.112-117, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/da.20065
  • Dergi Adı: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.112-117
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: obsessive-compulsive disorder, early onset, late onset, gender, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, ANTIANDROGENIC TREATMENT, CHILDHOOD, CHILDREN, SUBTYPE, FAMILY, TRIAL, SCALE
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We compared early-onset and late-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients in terms of demographic and clinical features. One hundred sixteen outpatients whose primary diagnosis was OCD according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were recruited. Early-onset (n = 50) and late-onset (n = 66) OCD groups were compared with respect to demographic variables and scores obtained on various scales. A male gender predominance was found in early-onset OCD group. Symmetry/exactness obsessions, religious obsessions, boarding/saving obsessions, and boarding/collecting compulsions also were significantly more frequent in the early-onset group than in the late-onset group. The results may suggest a phenotypic difference between the two groups. Further studies are needed to investigate the differences between early-onset and late-onset OCD groups to examine the hypothesis that early-onset OCD is a distinct subtype of the disorder. Depression and Anxiety 21:112-117, 2005. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.