Symptoms of Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder Among Primary School Children in Zahedan, Iran
| Author | Mohammad Ali Fardin | en |
| Author | Mahmoud Shirazi | en |
| Author | Ali Arab | en |
| Orcid | Mohammad Ali Fardin [0000-0003-2221-2904] | en |
| Orcid | Mahmoud Shirazi [0000-0002-9139-6607] | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-03-31 | en |
| Abstract | Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the prevalence of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in Zahedan, Iran, and comparing it among primary school females and males aged 7 to 11 years. Methods: The current descriptive study, with a causal - comparative design, was conducted on a statistical population including 61012 students (30843 males and 30169 females) studying in both districts of Zahedan. A multistage cluster sampling method was applied and 381 questionnaires were distributed among the female and male students. Obsessive - compulsive inventory - child version (OCI - CV) developed by Foa was used as a data collection tool. Results: Given the three cut off points considered in the OCI - CV, the results demonstrated that 29.9%, 56.2%, and 13.9% of the subjects experienced mild, moderate, and severe symptoms OCD, respectively. In addition, the results of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated a significant difference in OCD with regard to gender, and all symptoms of OCD (doubting/checking, obsessing, hoarding, washing, ordering, and neutralizing) were more prevalent among the females compared with males. Conclusions: OCD symptoms and obsessive behaviors were more prevalent among females compared with males in Zahedan primary schools. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/amh.65386 | en |
| Keyword | Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder | en |
| Keyword | Child | en |
| Keyword | Primary School | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Symptoms of Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder Among Primary School Children in Zahedan, Iran | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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