Volume 17, Issue 60 (Oct 2007)                   J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2007, 17(60): 95-101 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Massoudzadeh A. A survey of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder prevalence among High school girl students in Sari . J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2007; 17 (60) :95-101
URL: http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-254-en.html
Abstract:   (10999 Views)
Background and purpose: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disease that appears to be under-diagnosed and under-treated despite the evidence for effective treatments. There are variable estimates of OCD prevalence (many studies reported that its prevalence is betwent 2% and 3% in general population). It is dependented to age, sex, marital status, socio-economic & educational state, in population.
Materials and Methods: This method was a cross sectional descriptive study on high school girl students in Sari city. 3104 girls were selected and interviewed through randomized systematic & cluster sampling method from all high school girl students. The assessment was done by Muadsley obsession compulsive inventory & demographic inventory. After the data were analized by descriptive and qualitative methods.
Results: 108 students were excluded then 2996 girls were entered in this study, 31.2% (936 individuals) had OCD and mean of their age was 16.22 ± 3.4. 30.7% of girls was first child, 35.1% of mothers & 34.7% of fathers had low educational class and low socio economic state.
Conclusion: Prevalence of OCD in high school girl students was significant in sari city, and it was related to number of birth, family size, and low socio-economic and educational level.
Full-Text [PDF 273 kb]   (3747 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research(Original) |

Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2024 CC BY-NC 4.0 | Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb