A study of clinical correlates and predictors of insight in obsessive compulsive disorder.

BACKGROUND

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a clinically heterogeneous psychiatric disorder in terms of symptom content and insight.

AIM: To study the various factors associated with insight in OCD.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted among 40 patients with OCD who were evaluated on Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale, Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire, WHOQOL-BREF, and Sheehan Disability Scale. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 22.

RESULTS

Metacognition, severity of OCD, and associated disability were the significant predictors for insight in patients with OCD.

CONCLUSION

Factors associated with insight in OCD can enhance our understanding in the management of OCD.