Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is chronic psychiatric disorder and patients with OCD suffer disability and poor quality of life. Caregivers of OCD patients shows high level of expressed emotion (EE) compared to general population. study the frequency of anxiety, depression and EE in caregivers of OCD patients and to find out association of anxiety and Depression with EE in them. Also to find out association of severity of OCD in patients with anxiety, Depression and EE in caregivers. This was an observational, cross sectional, single‐centered, interview‐based study of 100 patients having OCD and their caregivers in Psychiatry Department, Sir. T. Hospital, Bhavnagar, Gujarat from September 2019 to May 2020. Every patient and their caregiver’s responses were recorded in a proforma containing details of demographic variables. Details regarding duration of illness, religion, residence, social class of patient and number of family members in patient’s family was taken. Details regarding caregiver’s relation with patient and living with patient since how many years was also taken. Interview of every patient was taken to assess severity of OCD using Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and to assess expressed emotion by using Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale. Caregiver’s interview was taken in isolation to diagnose anxiety and depression in them by using Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS). Frequency of anxiety and depression among caregiver was 5% and 3%respectively. Frequency of patients having Y‐BOCS score <16 was 22% and score >16 was 78%. There was no association between anxiety and depression with expressed emotion seen in caregivers. There was no association between severity of OCD in patients with expressed emotion, anxiety and depression seen in caregivers. Caregivers of OCD patients had high level of expressed emotion. There was no association between anxiety and depression with EE in caregivers of OCD patients and no correlation between severity of OCD in patients with EE, anxiety and depression in caregivers.
How to cite this article:
Jinesh Parmar, Ashok Vala, Bharat Panchal and Maitreyee Shastri. Association of Anxiety and Depression with Expressed Emotion in Caregivers of Patients Having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.9.584.592
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