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Table 3 Mean scores of African Americans on Clinical Measures who were Correctly and Incorrectly Diagnosed based on the SCID-OCD Section

From: Missed diagnoses in African Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder: the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders (SCID-I)

Clinical Measures

Entire OCD Sample

M (SD)

OCD patients Diagnosed by SCID

M (SD)

OCD patients Misdiagnosed by SCID

M (SD)

t

YBOCS Total *

23.47 (14.46)

24.27 (14.14)

21.73 (7.37)

1.61

 YBOCS Obsessions

10.58 (4.10)

10.94 (3.96)

9.88 (4.35)

1.05

 YBOCS Compulsions**

12.18 (3.70)

12.98 (2.89)

10.60 (4.59)

2.73

GAF

61.11 (11.48)

61.98 (11.51)

58.95 (11.42)

0.97

CGI (for OCD only)

4.03 (1.07)

4.14 (1.01)

3.83 (1.17)

1.12

BDI-II

28.04 (14.46)

26.20 (14.14)

31.50 (14.71)

1.46

OCI-R Total

42.10 (16.36)

43.49 (16.35)

39.38 (16.38)

1.00

 OCI-R Checking

7.71 (3.56)

8.06 (3.31)

7.04 (3.97)

1.17

 OCI-R Washing

6.42 (3.89)

6.58 (4.02)

6.12 (3.69)

0.48

 OCI-R Ordering*

8.11 (3.77)

8.84 (3.18)

6.63 (4.47)

1.17

 OCI-R Obsessing

7.15 (3.37)

7.16 (3.41)

7.12 (3.36)

0.05

 OCI-R Hoarding

7.46 (3.50)

7.49 (3.47)

7.40 (3.65)

0.10

 OCI-R Neutralizing

5.43 (4.10)

5.46 (4.09)

5.38 (4.21)

0.08

OBQ-44 Total

203.72 (51.58)

207.15 (47.98)

196.57 (58.91)

0.81

 OBQ-44 Responsibility

70.46 (19.38)

71.90 (19.15)

67.64 (19.90)

0.89

 OBQ-44 Perfection

81 (21.04)

84.10 (18.95)

74.92 (23.89)

1.80

 OBQ-44 Intolerance

47.54 (16.31)

47.77 (15.11)

47.08 (18.84)

0.17

  1. N = 74, *p < .05 significance level, **p < .01 significance level