Religious observance and obsessive compulsive washing among Iranian women

Mahintorabi, Somayeh; Jones, Mairwen K.; Harris, Lynne M.; Zahiroddin, Alireza

doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.10.001

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“…The fear of sin and God has also been observed in religious participants with OCD by Olatunji et al (2007), and Mahintorabi et al (2015) identified the presence of a high fear of sin and God in their sample of practicing Muslim women with OCD. In relation to help-seeking, participants did not seek help immediately after they first noticed their OCD symptoms and, instead, tolerated them for up to seven years before seeking advice from an Imam.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…In a recent study conducted in Iran, Mahintorabi et al (2015) found that religious OCD symptoms occur more commonly among practicing Muslim women with OCD-W compared to non-practicing Muslim women with OCD-W. This study sought to investigate the reason for these differences with the aim of informing approaches to manage OCD symptomatology in this group.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…In Al-Solaim and Loewenthal's study, participants reported seeking professional help when they acknowledged that the suggestions they had received from the faith based healers benefited only temporarily and when the symptoms started to deteriorate. Similarly, Mahintorabi et al (2015) found that the practicing Muslim OCD-W group waited longer before seeking professional help compared to the non-practicing Muslim OCD-W group. This may be because the practicing Muslim women first sought help from a spiritual source rather than a mental health practitioner.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…However, Mahintorabi, Jones, Harris and Zahiroddin (Mahintorabi et al 2015) examined religiosity and OCD symptoms among Iranian women living in Tehran comparing practicing Muslim women with OCD washing subtype (OCD-W) to non-practicing Muslim women with OCD-W. These authors found that the practicing Muslim women reported more religious washing rituals and higher scores on a measure of scrupulosity compared to the non-practicing Muslim women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are many reasons why the practicing Muslim women in Mahintorabi et al (2015) study took longer to seek professional advice from health practitioners. It is possible that these women did not recognise their meticulous and repeated cleansing rituals or excessive prayer as symptoms of OCD but rather saw them as a normal part of religious practice that exemplified their commitment to God (Al-Solaim and Loewenthal 2011).…”

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Religion and religious practices can affect Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptom expression and influence the way that people with OCD seek advice or treatment. This study investigated the expression of OCD symptoms and help seeking for religious OCD symptoms among practicing Muslim women. Method: Five practicing Muslim women aged 33 to 45 years who had immigrated to Australia from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan and were diagnosed with OCD washing subtype (OCD-W) took part in semi-structured interviews. Data Analysis: Thematic Analysis within a scientific realist framework was employed. Results: The most common compulsions reported by participants were performing excessive washing and repeating rituals before prayer, and these behaviours were carried out to prevent being punished by God. All participants had sought help for their OCD symptoms from an Imam before seeking help from a mental health professional, and the delay between symptom onset and OCD diagnosis by a psychiatrist ranged from 5 to 13 years. Conclusion: Effective evidence-based interventions for OCD are available and increasing awareness of OCD symptoms and treatment among Imams has the potential to reduce the delay between symptom onset and access to treatment for practicing Muslims who seek help and support.

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Association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and obsessive‐compulsive disorders (OCD) in women: A study based on urodynamic findings and micturition problem

Rezaeimehr

Zargham

Jahanabadi

et al. 2021

Neurourology and Urodynamics

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This study focused on women with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) who simultaneously suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to evaluate the association between micturition abnormality and OCD.Methods: A cohort case study was conducted on 128 women with chronic LUTS who visited the academic clinic from 2012 to 2018. The participants with a history of OCD were grouped together, whereas the other group consisted of those with no psychiatric issues. Data were analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and also the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis and χ 2 tests. Results:The participants with OCD had a lower mean age (41.7 vs. 48.8 years) and longer symptom duration than the control group. Moreover, voiding phase problems were more prevalent among OCD patients (mean voiding score: 9.3 vs. 6.9). Urge urinary incontinence (UUI) was the most common type of urinary incontinence in OCD patients, and the most important urodynamic study finding was bladder outlet obstruction (45% and 17% in the OCD and control groups, respectively). Voiding disorders resulted in chronic renal failure in two patients (3.12%). It was shown that bladder outlet obstruction (odds ratio (OR) 4.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.53-12.78, p = 0.006] was the strongest predictor of OCD and stress urinary incontinence (OR 0.20, 95% CI 0.07-0.53, p < 0.001) was the best protector against OCD. Conclusion:The findings revealed that chronic LUTS was related to voiding dysfunction and urodynamic abnormality in OCD patients. These disorders may be categorized as somatoform disorder that requires appropriate treatments.

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Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity-Revised (PIOS-R) across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim groups

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Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Religious observance and obsessive compulsive washing among Iranian women

Cited by 5 publications

References 50 publications

Exploring Professional Help Seeking in Practicing Muslim Women with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Washing Subtype in Australia

Exploring Professional Help Seeking in Practicing Muslim Women with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Washing Subtype in Australia

Association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and obsessive‐compulsive disorders (OCD) in women: A study based on urodynamic findings and micturition problem

Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity-Revised (PIOS-R) across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim groups

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