@article{article_280163, title={Clinical features of psychiatric inpatients with obsessive compulsive disorder}, journal={Cukurova Medical Journal}, volume={42}, pages={140–146}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17826/cutf.280163}, author={Karakuş, Gonca and Tamam, Lut}, keywords={Obsession,compulsion,inpatients}, abstract={<p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Purpose: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> The aim of study as to determine the clinical and sociodemographic charecteristics
of the inpatients admitted in Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and were hospitalized with the diagnosis of
obsessive-compulsive disorder between the years 2006-2015. Patients were
grouped according to the gender, age of onset and the family history of
psychiatric disorders and these groups were compared. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Material and
Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Patients who had been diagnosed with
obsessive compulsive disorder according to DSM IV TR and were hospitalized in
Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine Balcalı Hospital Department of
Psychiatry between 01 January 2006-31 December 2015. Data were obtained from
hospital records of patients. Sociodemographic and clinical data form was
filled by scanning previous patient files. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> 41 of the patients were female (57,7%) and 30 of them were male (42,3%).
Mean age of patients was 25±10,04; first treatment age was 27,75±9,19 and mean
duration of untreated illness  was 32,82±48,06
months.  There was a significant
difference in patients, when first treatment age and mean duration of untreated
illness were examined by gender. In patients with family history of
obsessive-compulsive disorder, the mean duration of untreated illness  was higher. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> In the light of the findings, some important
differences were found between patient groups in sociodemographic, clinical
characteristics and primary sympthoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder. The
study which determined wider and homogeneous distribution samples in this
subject and at same time meeting patients and their families can contribute to
identify disease’s clinical features more detailed. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Cukurova University}