Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the control, good-insight and poor-insight groups
From: Executive functions and insight in OCD: a comparative study
Control n/Mean ± SD | Good insight n/Mean ± SD | Poor insight n/Mean ± SD | Chi-Square/ F-test | p | Cohen’s D/F/W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 53 | 37 (65%) | 20 (35%) | |||
Sex | ||||||
male | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5.814 | 0.055 | W = 0.23 |
female | 30 | 18 | 5 | |||
Age (years) | 33.0 ± 11.8 | 31.1 ± 11.7 | 33.1 ± 14.6 | 0.242 | 0.785 | F = 0.07 |
Education (years) | 14.2 ± 3.2 | 11.9 ± 2.6 | 13.2 ± 5.0 | 4.981 | 0.009 | F = 0.31 |
Mild depression | ||||||
yes | 1 (1.8%) | 5 (13.5%) | 4 (20%) | 7.084 | 0.029 | W = 0.25 |
no | 52 | 32 | 16 | |||
Agoraphobia | ||||||
yes | 2 (3.7%) | 2 (5.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1.088 | 0.580 | |
no | 51 | 35 | 20 | W = 0.10 | ||
Schizoid personality | ||||||
yes | 0 | 0 | 1 (5.0%) | 4.541 | 0.103 | W = 0.20 |
no | 53 | 37 | 19 | |||
Y-BOCS total score | – | 25.4 ± 13.3 | 23.7 ± 11.2 | 0.227 | 0.636 | D = 0.13 |
Y-BOCS obsession | – | 12.8 ± 6.7 | 12.4 ± 5.4 | 0.042 | 0.839 | D = 0.06 |
Y-BOCS compulsion | – | 12.7 ± 6.8 | 11.2 ± 6.5 | 0.576 | 0.451 | D = 0.22 |
Psychotropics | ||||||
yes | 0 (0.0%) | 32 (86.5%) | 16 (80.0%) | 79.422 | ≤0.001 | W = 0.85 |
no | 53 | 5 | 2 | |||