Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a major mental illness where associated psychiatric comorbidities are almost a rule. Gender can explain the pattern of psychiatric comorbidities in OCD, which has important role in determining the overall disease outcome. Very few studies were conducted addressing this issue especially in Bengali population. Current study was planned to permeate this research gap. To evaluate and compare the pattern of psychiatric comorbidities among the male and female gender in Bengali population suffering from OCD. Purposively consented 50 male and 50 female Bengali patients with OCD as per ICD‐ 10, DCR version, between 18‐59 years of age, were recruited for the current study. Socio‐demographic and clinical data were collected from all patients. Severity of symptoms of OCD and associated psychiatric comorbidities were assessed by Yale‐Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) respectively. Male and female groups were statistically significant different in ‘marital status’, ‘type of family’, ‘family income’ ‘H/O suicidal attempt(s) in the past’, ‘H/O hospitalization(s) for psychiatric illness’, ‘number of suicidal attempts’, ‘family H/O OCD’ and in ‘co‐morbid physical illnesses’ among the socio‐demographic and clinical variables included in the current study. Both groups were not significantly different in YBOCS obsession, compulsion, total scores but severity of symptoms in ordinal form (mild/moderate/severe/extreme) was statistically significant different in both groups. Regarding psychiatric comorbidities both groups were different in having comorbid MDE, Agoraphobia, GAD, Dysthymia, Social Phobia, which were found to be statistically significant. Current study found the difference in psychiatric co‐morbidities in male and female genders in Bengali patients with OCD. Further research is needed with larger sample to understand and generalize the differential effect of gender on psychiatric co‐morbidities and its socio‐cultural underpinnings.
How to cite this article:
Utpal Barman, Amitava Dan and Sandip Dutta. Comparison of Psychiatric Comorbidities among Male and Female Genders in Bengali Population
with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.1.287.290
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.36478/makrjms.2024.1.287.290