Abstract
Objective:To investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of subclinical obsessive compulsive disorder (SOCD) symptoms and stress across gender, marital and employment statuses.Methods:A cross-sectional research was conducted from December, 2016 to March 2017 at two universities of cosmopolitan city Lahore. Two self-report scales measuring SOCD symptoms and stress were used to collect data from 377 adults selected through simple random sampling technique, proportionately distributed across gender, marital and employment status.Results:From the total sample, 52% reported low level of stress and 48% faced high level of stress. Significant differences in prevalence were observed across marital and employment statuses whereas for men and women, it was observed same (24%). Comorbidity of high level of SOCD symptoms and high level of stress was seen 34%.Conclusion:Significant prevalence and comorbidity exists between SOCD symptoms and stress and more studies addressing diverse population are needed.
Highlights
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder classified by recurrent intrusive thoughts and/or repetitive compulsive behaviors
Subclinical OCD (SOCD) symptoms varied across genders such as contamination and washing was significantly high in women (25%) as compared to men (19%)
Comparison across Employment Status: In case of employment status, non-employed participants reported significant (p
Summary
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder classified by recurrent intrusive thoughts and/or repetitive compulsive behaviors. According to a cross sectional survey, 51% women compared to 43% of men reported high level of stress.[6] In a normative sample, women demonstrated high prevalence of stress symptoms than their counterparts.[7] Stress varies across marital statuses as a recent study claimed that unmarried people face high level of stress than married and this could be due to the high level of cortisol which is seen low in married participants.[8] Along with gender and marital status, work status reported in association with stress as employed adults exhibited low level of stress.[9]. Whereas for men, mixed findings were documented.[11] In the local perspective, somehow SOCD has been explored in academically, socially and economically deprived group of participants.[12] No empirical data have been documented in educated normative samples on the prevalence of SOCD in general and its comorbidity with stress in specific. To identify the comorbidity of SOCD symptoms with stress across genders, marital and work statuses
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