Ashraf Farzana, Malik Sadia, Arif Amna
Dr. Farzana Ashraf, PhD. Department of Humanities, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
Dr. Sadia Malik, PhD. Department of Psychology, University of Sergodha, Sergodha, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2017 Jul-Aug;33(4):835-839. doi: 10.12669/pjms.334.13045.
To investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of subclinical obsessive compulsive disorder (SOCD) symptoms and stress across gender, marital and employment statuses.
A cross-sectional research was conducted from December, 2016 to March 2017 at two universities of cosmopolitan city Lahore. Two self-report scales measuring SOCD symptoms and stress were used to collect data from 377 adults selected through simple random sampling technique, proportionately distributed across gender, marital and employment status.
From the total sample, 52% reported low level of stress and 48% faced high level of stress. Significant differences in prevalence were observed across marital and employment statuses whereas for men and women, it was observed same (24%). Comorbidity of high level of SOCD symptoms and high level of stress was seen 34%.
Significant prevalence and comorbidity exists between SOCD symptoms and stress and more studies addressing diverse population are needed.
调查亚临床强迫症（SOCD）症状和压力在性别、婚姻状况和就业状况方面的患病率及共病情况。
2016年12月至2017年3月在拉合尔这座国际化大都市的两所大学开展了一项横断面研究。使用两个自我报告量表来测量SOCD症状和压力，通过简单随机抽样技术从377名成年人中收集数据，这些成年人按性别、婚姻状况和就业状况进行了比例分配。
在总样本中，52%报告压力水平低，48%面临高水平压力。在婚姻状况和就业状况方面观察到患病率存在显著差异，而男性和女性的患病率相同（24%）。34%的人存在高水平SOCD症状与高水平压力的共病情况。
SOCD症状和压力之间存在显著的患病率和共病情况，需要开展更多针对不同人群的研究。
