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Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic, public health messages have emphasised the importance of frequent handwashing in limiting the transmission of the virus. Whilst crucial in controlling transmission, such messaging may have an adverse effect on individuals with O...

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Autores principales: Hassoulas, Athanasios, Umla-Runge, Katja, Zahid, Abeer, Adams, Olivia, Green, Madeline, Hassoulas, Antonia, Panayiotou, Eliana
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34412543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941211040437
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author Hassoulas, Athanasios
Umla-Runge, Katja
Zahid, Abeer
Adams, Olivia
Green, Madeline
Hassoulas, Antonia
Panayiotou, Eliana
author_facet Hassoulas, Athanasios
Umla-Runge, Katja
Zahid, Abeer
Adams, Olivia
Green, Madeline
Hassoulas, Antonia
Panayiotou, Eliana
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description BACKGROUND: Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic, public health messages have emphasised the importance of frequent handwashing in limiting the transmission of the virus. Whilst crucial in controlling transmission, such messaging may have an adverse effect on individuals with OCD. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted, with a total of 332 participants recruited. Participants who scored above the optimal cut-off score on the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Revised edition (OCI-R) were included in the analysis (n = 254). Scores on the six subscales of the OCI-R were correlated with responses to a COVID-19 Impact measure. RESULTS: Factor analysis of the COVID-19 Impact measure revealed that items loaded on two components of the measure (handwashing and distress-avoidance). Canonical correlation analyses revealed significant associations between the OCI-R subscales and COVID-19 Impact measure, F (12, 490) = 8.14, p = 0.001, and the SHAI subscales with the COVID-19 Impact Measure, F (4, 498) = 8.18, p = 0.001). Specifically, washing and checking OCI-R subscales correlated with both components of the COVID-19 Impact measure, as did the health anxiety and beliefs SHAI subscales. Content analysis revealed disruption to treatment delivery and worsening symptom severity in participants with contamination-related OCD. DISCUSSION: Contamination and checking OCD subtypes have been associated with increased hand-washing behaviour and avoidance of distress-inducing cues. Consideration should be given to targeted support tailored to patients with these subtypes of OCD.
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spelling pubmed-95780792022-10-19 Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study Hassoulas, Athanasios Umla-Runge, Katja Zahid, Abeer Adams, Olivia Green, Madeline Hassoulas, Antonia Panayiotou, Eliana Psychol Rep Mental & Physical Health BACKGROUND: Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic, public health messages have emphasised the importance of frequent handwashing in limiting the transmission of the virus. Whilst crucial in controlling transmission, such messaging may have an adverse effect on individuals with OCD. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted, with a total of 332 participants recruited. Participants who scored above the optimal cut-off score on the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Revised edition (OCI-R) were included in the analysis (n = 254). Scores on the six subscales of the OCI-R were correlated with responses to a COVID-19 Impact measure. RESULTS: Factor analysis of the COVID-19 Impact measure revealed that items loaded on two components of the measure (handwashing and distress-avoidance). Canonical correlation analyses revealed significant associations between the OCI-R subscales and COVID-19 Impact measure, F (12, 490) = 8.14, p = 0.001, and the SHAI subscales with the COVID-19 Impact Measure, F (4, 498) = 8.18, p = 0.001). Specifically, washing and checking OCI-R subscales correlated with both components of the COVID-19 Impact measure, as did the health anxiety and beliefs SHAI subscales. Content analysis revealed disruption to treatment delivery and worsening symptom severity in participants with contamination-related OCD. DISCUSSION: Contamination and checking OCD subtypes have been associated with increased hand-washing behaviour and avoidance of distress-inducing cues. Consideration should be given to targeted support tailored to patients with these subtypes of OCD. SAGE Publications 2021-08-20 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9578079/ /pubmed/34412543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941211040437 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Hassoulas, Athanasios
Umla-Runge, Katja
Zahid, Abeer
Adams, Olivia
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Hassoulas, Antonia
Panayiotou, Eliana
Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort investigating the association between obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom subtypes and health anxiety as impacted by the covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
topic Mental & Physical Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34412543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941211040437
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