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ArticleArchives of women's mental health2025

Psychometric evaluation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale in pregnant women.

Catherine E Rast, Rashelle Musci, Jonathan S Abramowitz, Gerald Nestadt, Paul Nestadt, Mary C Kimmel, Tracey Dibbs, Lauren M Osborne, Jack Samuels, Janice Krasnow and 1 more

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Article in Archives of women's mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Catherine E RastDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Rashelle MusciBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 831, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Jonathan S AbramowitzDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 255 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Gerald NestadtDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Paul NestadtDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins school of medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Mary C KimmelDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 77 Vilcom Center Drive, Suite 300, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Tracey DibbsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Lauren M OsborneDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Jack SamuelsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Janice KrasnowDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Eric A StorchDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Eric.storch@bcm.edu.

Funding

Preclinical and Clincial OutcomesP50HD103555 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Sandesh Chakravarthy Sreenath Nagamani, David Loren Nelson · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
2/2 Predictors and Course of Postpartum Obsessions and CompulsionsR01MH118261 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI NESTADT, GERALD · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
1/2 Predictors and Course of Postpartum Obsessions and CompulsionsR01MH118249 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ABRAMOWITZ, JONATHAN S. · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development P50HD103555NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103555NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118249NIMH NIH HHS R01MH118249NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118261NIMH NIH HHS R01MH118261
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Abstract

purposeAlthough many women experience obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the perinatal period, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) has not yet been psychometrically evaluated in this population. This study examined the internal consistency, convergent and divergent validity, and factor structure of the YBOCS among pregnant women.

methods256 Women who were 20 to 24 weeks pregnant completed the clinician-administered YBOCS and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) along with a series of self-report questionnaires including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) and Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R).

resultsInternal consistency of the YBOCS was excellent, and there were strong inter-scale correlations between the YBOCS Total Score, YBOCS Obsessions and Compulsions Severity Scales. The YBOCS demonstrated good known-groups validity differentiating women with and without OCD. Convergent validity with the OCI-R was demonstrated while relations with divergent validity were more mixed.

conclusionThe YBOCS possesses strong psychometric properties in pregnant women.

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Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderPregnancy ComplicationsPregnant PeoplePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultObsessive compulsive disorderPerinatalPsychometricsValidityYale-brown obsessive-compulsive scale

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PMID39745521
PMCPMC12321150

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