Recognizing obsessive-compulsive disorder: how suitable is the German Zohar-Fineberg obsessive-compulsive screen?

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Intercorrelations between the ZF-OCS items in the Main (n = 304) and Retest (n = 51) Samples

Main Sample	Item 1 wash	Item 2 check	Item 3 thought	Item 4 time	Item 5 order	Item-total^a	Yes %
Item 1	1	.270**	.179**	.073	.146*	.269	24.3
Item 2		1	.243**	.142*	.322**	.413	34.2
Item 3			1	.227**	.102	.297	28.9
Item 4				1	.137*	.227	21.7
Item 5					1	.286	38.8
Retest Time 1	Item 1 wash	Item 2 check	Item 3 thought	Item 4 time	Item 5 order	Item 6 impairment
Item 1	1	.123	.142	.159	.312*	.142
Item 2		1	.173	.056	.409**	.289*
Item 3			1	.429**	.095	.852**
Item 4				1	.165	.560**
Item 5					1	.206
Item 6						1
Retest Time 2	Item 1 wash	Item 2 check	Item 3 thought	Item 4 time	Item 5 order	Item 6 impairment
Item 1	1	.289*	.104	.240	.336*	.206
Item 2		1	.432**	.215	.334**	.368**
Item 3			1	.485**	.065	.739**
Item 4				1	.242	.551**
Item 5					1	.245
Item 6						1

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