ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2017
Age-Specific Prevalence of Hoarding and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Population-Based Study.
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- Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the older person: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of hoarding symptoms in 27,537 individuals.Translational psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for comorbid major depressive disorder and hoarding disorder: An open label pilot study.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Trial
- Cognitive rehabilitation and exposure/sorting therapy for hoarding disorder: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Visually mediated functioning improves following treatment of hoarding disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2020Trial
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- Distinguishing variability in hoarding symptom course across time.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Characteristics of Older Adults With Domestic Squalor in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2026Article
- Classification of hoarding and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms.Psychiatry research communications · 2025Article
- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with a history of eating disorders.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Observational
- Prevalence and associated factors of obsessive compulsive symptoms among under graduate medical and health science students in Dilla university, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Changes in hoarding-related beliefs and associated neural changes during a simulated discarding task after cognitive-behavioral treatment for hoarding disorder.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
- How accurately can supervised machine learning model predict a targeted psychiatric disorder?BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Rates of diagnosis and service utilization in veterans with hoarding disorder.Psychiatry research · 2024Article
- Relationship of Hoarding and Depression Symptoms in Older Adults.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Hoarding Symptoms in Late Life Depression are Associated With Greater Executive Dysfunction and Disability and Poorer Response to Depression Treatment.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Etiology, neuropathology, and cognitive dysfunction.Brain and behavior · 2023Review
- Glutamatergic neurons and GABAergic neurons of medial prefrontal cortex control hoarding-like behavior.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Hoarding symptoms are associated with higher rates of disability than other medical and psychiatric disorders across multiple domains of functioning.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Self-reporting of psychiatric illness in an online patient registry is a good indicator of the existence of psychiatric illness.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveLittle is known about the age-specific prevalence of hoarding and obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS), particularly in older age groups. The objectives of this study were to estimate the age-specific prevalence, severity, and relationships between hoarding and OCS in males and females using a large population-based sample.
methodsWe assessed the age-specific prevalence rates of hoarding disorder (HD) and OC disorder (OCD) in males and females (at various age ranges between 15 and 97 years) from the Netherlands Twins Register (N = 15,194). Provisional HD and OCD diagnoses were made according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, 5th Edition, criteria using self-report measures. We also assessed hoarding and OCS severity in the various age groups and explored specific hoarding and OCS patterns (e.g., difficulty discarding, excessive acquisition, clutter, checking, washing, perfectionism, and obsessions) with age.
resultsPrevalence of provisional HD diagnoses (2.12%) increased linearly by 20% with every 5 years of age (z = 13.8, p < 0.0001) and did not differ between males and females. Provisional OCD diagnoses were most common in younger individuals and in individuals over age 65. Co-occurring OCD increased hoarding symptom severity (coefficient: 4.5; SE: 0.2; 95% CI: 4.1-4.9; t = 22.0, p < 0.0001). Difficulty discarding for HD and checking behaviors for OCD appeared to drive most increases in these diagnoses in older ages.
conclusionIncreased prevalence and severity of HD with age appears to be primarily driven by difficulties with discarding. Increases in OCD prevalence with older age were unexpected and of potential clinical relevance.
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