Table 5

- Comparisons of the total and domain scores of OCD scale in patients who survived COVID-19 infection and reference population of the Arabic OCD scale.

characteristicsMinMaxMeanSDReference1Mean difference2P-value3
Rumination of ideas43519.36.79.49-0.510.005
Sexual obsessions3206.43.29.55-0.450.626
Aggressive obsessions4247.43.28.19-1.81<0.001
Religious obsessions63713.25.38.22-1.78<0.001
Cleanliness and fear of disease obsessions33914.06.18.06-1.94<0.001
Obsessive impulses43210.54.09.91-0.09<0.001
Obsessive images2185.32.37.84-2.16<0.001
General and miscellaneous compulsions4208.33.66.75-3.25<0.001
Religious compulsions1155.31.96.69-3.31<0.001
Purity and cleanliness compulsions62910.84.514.364.36<0.001
Slowness3206.83.18.28-1.72<0.001
Re-checking compulsions2207.43.47.94-2.06<0.001
Touch rituals4257.83.77.34-2.66<0.001
The effect of obsessive-compulsive disorder on daily activities43912.86.28.37-1.63<0.001
Total OCD scale22343133.244.843.0-7.0<0.001

Min - minimum, max - maximum, SD - standard deviation,

  • 1 Reference indicates the standardized value of the Arabic OCD scale that corresponds to the raw values obtained in the current study,

  • 2 Mean difference indicates the difference between the standardized (or T score in total only) value of the Arabic OCD scale and the standardized value (or T score in total only) obtained in the current study. Standardized values in both the reference and study have mean of 10 and standard deviation of 3T score in both the reference and study have mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10,

  • 3 p-value indicates the statistical differences between the standardized (or T score in total only) obtained in the current study and reference. They were calculated using non-parametric test; one-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test