There are numerous tools for the evaluation of Symptoms of obsessive compulsive disordersome of which translated and validated in Italian and widely employed in the clinic and research.
The main problem of these tools is that it investigates the symptoms by asking the subject whether or not it presents specific obsessions or typical compulsions (e.g. wash your hands often, check and cheer doors or windows, etc.).
We know, however, how the Disorder events They are somewhat heterogeneous and how, consequently, no self-report tool, sufficiently short and agile in the administration, can grasp all the nuances.
Investigating i Symptoms of obsessive disorder with tests that measure specifications Obsessions and/or compulsions It therefore does not seem the most suitable path, so much so that Jonathan Abrahamowitz recently and a group of international collaborators have proposed the Dimensional Obsessive Compulsive Scale, which investigates the phenomenon in a dimensional perspective, with greater reliability and validity.
This tool, consisting of 10 items assessed on Likert scale from 0 to 4, explores the 4 main dimensions of the disorder (concerns relating to germs and contamination; concerns of being able to be responsible for damages, injuries or bad luck; unacceptable thoughts; concerns about symmetry, completeness and need for things to be made precisely in the “right way”).
For each dimension, examples typical of obsessive concerns are provided and the subject is asked to express an evaluation compared to 5 parameters: time occupied by the obsessions, consequent avoidance, level of discomfort generated by obsessions, daily disabledness determined by obsessions, difficulty in ignoring obsessions and resisting compulsions).
There Dimensional Obsessive Compulsive Scale It was translated into Italian and validated on a large non -clinical and clinical champion by the research group coordinated by Gabriele Melli.
The results of the study will be published shortly on an international magazine, but the tool is already available and freely downloadable online.
From our page relating to obsessive disorder it is also possible fill in the test online.
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- The obsessions
- Intensive treatment for DOC
