Table 1 Comparison of demographic and clinical measures in different groups.

From: Compulsive avoidance in youths and adults with OCD: an aversive pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer study

 

CTL (N = 44)

OCD (N = 41)

STATISTICS

Variable

ADULTS (N = 21)

YOUTHS (N = 23)

ADULTS (N = 21)

YOUTHS (N = 20)

 

Sex (F:M)

12:9

16:7

10:11

13:7

NA

Age **

41.90 (12.05)

15.96 (1.94)

39.71 (12.69)

16.33 (1.70)

Age: Twj1,41.58 = 163.44, p < 0.0001, Group: p > 0.05, Group x Age: p > 0.05

Group and Group x Age: p > 0.05

Working Memory (Backwards Digit Span)a

7.13 (2.59)

8.52 (2.12)

7.75 (2.63)

8.10 (1.70)

Age, Group, and Group x Age: p > 0.05

OCI-R **b

5.33 (6.14)

8.52 (6.93)

31.86 (15.25)

30.35 (14.91)

Group: Twj1, 50.71 = 97.42, p < 0.0001

Age and Group x Age: p > 0.05

Y-BOCS/C-YBOCS Total

NA

NA

23.00 (5.09)

23.45 (5.11)

Age: p > 0.05

 Y-BOCS/C-YBOCS Obsessionsc

NA

NA

11.45 (2.48)

11.40 (2.37)

Age: p > 0.05

 Y-BOCS/C-YBOCS Compulsionsc

NA

NA

11.10 (2.65)

12.05 (3.03)

Age: p > 0.05

Adult-Only Measures

 Predicted IQ from NARTd

117.09 (6.77)

NA

116.23 (5.77)

NA

Group: p > 0.05

 STAI-T **b

31.11 (8.59)

NA

55.57 (10.77)

NA

Group: t36 = 7.52, p < 0.0001

 STAI-S **b

27.67 (7.65)

NA

41.86 (11.64)

NA

Group: t36 = 4.21, p < 0.001

 MADRS **

0.52 (1.03)

NA

8.38 (7.59)

NA

Group: t20.74 = 4.70, p < 0.001

Youth-Only Measures

 IQ (WASI-II)

NA

109.82 (11.67)

NA

107.25 (13.69)

Group: p > 0.05

 BDI-Y **

NA

44.83 (6.60)

NA

59.6 (9.61)

Group: t41 = 5.91, p < 0.0001

 BAI-Y **

NA

47.78 (5.43)

NA

67.00 (10.10)

Group: t41 = 7.91, p < 0.0001

  1. Means and standard deviations [M(SD)] are reported. NA not applicable, OCI-R Obsessive- Compulsive Inventory Revised, CY-BOCS/Y-BOCS Child/Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, IQ intelligence quotient, NART National Adult Reading Test, STAI-T State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – Trait, STAI-S State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – State, MADRS Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale; WASI-II, Wechsler’s Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – II; BDI-Y, Beck Depression Inventory - Youth (t-scored); BAI - Y, Beck Anxiety Inventory - Youth (t-scored); *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; amissing data from 6 CTLs and 1 OCD (adults); bmissing from 3 adult CTL, cmissing from 1 adult OCD, dmissing data from 3 CTL and 1 OCD (adults)