Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder during the Coronavirus Epidemic 2019 (COVID-19): Letter to the Editor

Sheykhangafshe, Farzin Bagheri; Chookami, Elnaz Sadeghi

doi:10.18502/ssu.v28i6.4149

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“…Obsession involves recurrent thoughts or emotions and consciously coercive behavior [ 38 ]. After a child develops COVID-19, fear of infection has led mothers with obsessive-compulsive behaviors to reduce their anxiety by doing things like frequent hand washing and extreme disinfection [ 39 ].…”

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Lived experience caring for a child with Covid-19 disease: A phenomenological study

Noghabi

Yousefi

Golalipour

et al. 2023

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Lived experience caring for a child with Covid-19 disease: A phenomenological study

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Yousefi

Golalipour

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“…Because over time, most of these behaviors decrease, they should not be considered harmful. However, health providers should be aware of these changes and assess the people who may reach the diagnosis of OCD [ 25 ].…”

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The relationship between fear of Covid-19 and obsessive–compulsive disorder

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Background The coronavirus pandemic and health measures related to it have led to an increase in mental health problems. The relatively high incidence of the disease and its mortality rate created anxiety in society. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its relationship with obsessive–compulsive disorder in patients who attended the outpatient clinic of Besat Hospital in Hamadan. Methods In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 320 patients who attended the outpatient clinic of Besat Hospital in Hamadan were selected by random sampling method in 2021. Data were collected using the Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) questionnaire and obsessive–compulsive disorder scale and analyzed using SPSS software (V16). They were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test. Results The mean ± SD age of the subjects was 34.14 ± 9.30 years and 65% of the study subjects were women. The mean ± SD score on the obsessive–compulsive disorder scale was 32.90 ± 19.87 and the mean ± SD score for fear of coronavirus was 16.82 ± 5.79. The contamination dimension of OCD had the highest score of 9.04 ± 5.46 and stealing had the lowest score of 0.10 ± 0.49. The mean fear of COVID-19 in people who had a history of obsessive–compulsive disorder before the quarantine was significantly higher than in those who did not have it (P = 0.002). Along with the increasing fear of coronavirus scale score, the score of obsessive–compulsive disorders increased except for the stealing dimension (P < 0.001). Conclusions The results of the study showed that there was a moderate level of fear of COVID-19 among the study population. Also, a relatively high proportion of study subjects had a weak manifestation of OCD. It seems that two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, people have adapted to the conditions, and their fear of the disease is reduced.

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The Relationship Between Covid-19 Fear and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Dehghani

Mousazadeh

Almasi

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Background: The coronavirus pandemic and health measures related to it have led to an increase in psychological crises. The relatively high incidence of the disease and its mortality has caused concern in society. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its relationship with obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients who attended the outpatient clinic of Besat Hospital in Hamadan.Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 320 patients who attended the outpatient clinic of Besat Hospital in Hamadan were selected by random sampling method in 2021. Data were collected using the Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) questionnaire and obsessive-compulsive disorder scale and analyzed using Spss20 software. They were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test).Results: The mean ± SD age of the subjects was 34.14 ± 9.30 years and 65% of study subjects were women. The mean ± SD score of obsessive-compulsive disorder scale was 32.90 ± 19.87 and the mean ± SD score of fear of coronavirus was 16.82 ± 5.79. The contamination dimension of OCD had the highest score 9.04 ± 5.46 and stealing had the lowest score of 0.10 ± 0.49. The mean fear of corona in people who had a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder before the quarantine was significantly higher than those who did not have it (P = 0.002). Along with increasing fear of coronavirus score, the rate of obsessive-compulsive disorders increased except for stealing dimension (p <0.001).Conclusions: The results of the study showed that there was a moderate level of fear of corona among the study population. Also, a relatively high proportion of study subjects had a weak manifestation of OCD. It seems that two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, people have adapted to the conditions, and their fear of the disease is reduced.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder during the Coronavirus Epidemic 2019 (COVID-19): Letter to the Editor

Cited by 3 publications

References 2 publications

Lived experience caring for a child with Covid-19 disease: A phenomenological study

Lived experience caring for a child with Covid-19 disease: A phenomenological study

The relationship between fear of Covid-19 and obsessive–compulsive disorder

The Relationship Between Covid-19 Fear and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

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