The impact of COVID-19 on patients with OCD: A one-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns regarding its psychological effects on people with preexisting psychiatric disorders have been raised, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Nevertheless, only a few longitudinal studies have been performed, and a more longstanding follow-up of a clinical sample is needed. In this study, our aim was to investigate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on symptom changes in a sample of Brazilian OCD patients for about a one-year period.

Methods

Thirty OCD outpatients seen in a specialized OCD clinic in Rio de Janeiro were evaluated at baseline and after one year (during the pandemic). Sociodemographic and clinical variables were collected along with a questionnaire aimed at quantifying the number of st

SUBMITTER: Moreira-de-Oliveira ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8803396 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature