ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021
Predictors of trajectories of obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Germany.
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- A narrative systematic review of changes in mental health symptoms from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psychological medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Too much of a good thing? Hand hygiene and the long-term course of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Course of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Three Years of Prospective Cohort Studies.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Review
- Severity and Changes in OCD Dimensions during COVID-19: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the Swiss general population.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Development of the COVID-19-Specific Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms Scale with Various Validity and Reliability Proofs.International journal of cognitive therapy · 2023Article
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic Process: A Narrative Review.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2022Article
- Changes in contamination-related obsessions and compulsions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Norwegian longitudinal study.Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders · 2022Article
- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms among the general population during the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in Italy.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Unrealistic pessimism and obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Two longitudinal studies.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2022Article
- Hand Washing: When Ritual Behavior Protects! Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Young People during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- When a nightmare comes true: Change in obsessive-compulsive disorder over the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with an increase in obsessive-compulsive disorder/symptoms (OCD/OCS). However, knowledge is limited regarding the trajectories of OCS during the pandemic, as well as their predictors and mechanisms (e.g., experiential avoidance, EA). The aim of this study was to describe the trajectories of OCS and the identification of associated factors. We assessed 1207 participants of the general population in March 2020 (t1) and June 2020 (t2). Pre-pandemic data was available from March 2014 for a subsample (n = 519). To define trajectories, we determined OCS status (OCS+/-). We performed a hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to investigate predictors of trajectories. Between t1 and t2, 66% of participants had an asymptomatic trajectory (OCS-/OCS-); 18% had a continuously symptomatic trajectory (OCS+/OCS+). Ten percent had a delayed-onset trajectory (OCS-/OCS+), and the recovery trajectory group (OCS+/OCS-) was the smallest group (6%). Higher education reduced the odds of an OCS+/OCS- trajectory. OCS in 2014 was associated with increased odds of showing an OCS+/OCS+ or OCS-/OCS+ trajectory. When EA at t1 and change in EA from t1 to t2 were added to the model, higher EA at t1 was associated with increased odds of scoring above the cut score on one or more of the assessments. A higher decrease in EA from t1 to t2 reduced the probability of showing an OCS+/OCS+ and an OCS-/OCS+ trajectory. While the current data supports a slight increase in OCS during the pandemic, trajectories differed, and EA seems to represent an important predictor for an unfavorable development.
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