Alateeq Deemah A, Almughera Haneen N, Almughera Tharaa N, Alfedeah Raghad F, Nasser Taeef S, Alaraj Khozama A
From the Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2021 Jul;42(7):750-760. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210181.
To explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and its correlation with the level of perceived stress among the Saudi population.
In July 2020, a cross-sectional survey of 2909 participants in Saudi Arabia during the outbreak was conducted to collect data related to sociodemographic characteristics and scores on the Brief Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (BOCS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).
Most participants were female (73.9%) with a university level of education or higher (81%). The prevalence of new-onset obsessions was 57.8%, compulsions 45.9%, and moderate/high perceived stress 72.4%. New-onset dirt, germs, and virus obsessions were significantly higher among 40-49 age group, employees, housewives, students, quarantine discipliners, and those who spent 20 or more days in quarantine. New-onset hand-washing compulsions were significantly higher among the 30-49 age group. A significantly higher level of perceived stress was reported among those in the 18-29 age group, females, singles, participants with no children, students, non-smokers, those who were unemployed, living with families, diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, living in the northern region, quarantine discipliners, and those who spent 60 or more days in quarantine.
This study revealed a significantly higher prevalence of high perceived stress in respondents with new-onset OCD contamination symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. This implies that a biodisaster is associated with high psychological morbidity.
探讨新冠疫情对沙特人群强迫症（OCD）症状发展的影响及其与感知压力水平的相关性。
2020年7月，在疫情爆发期间对沙特阿拉伯的2909名参与者进行了横断面调查，以收集社会人口学特征数据以及简易强迫量表（BOCS）和感知压力量表（PSS）的得分。
大多数参与者为女性（73.9%），受过大学及以上教育（81%）。新发强迫观念的患病率为57.8%，强迫行为为45.9%，中度/高度感知压力为72.4%。40 - 49岁年龄组、员工、家庭主妇、学生、隔离监管人员以及隔离20天及以上的人群中，新发对污垢、细菌和病毒的强迫观念显著更高。30 - 49岁年龄组中，新发洗手强迫行为显著更高。18 - 29岁年龄组、女性、单身者、无子女参与者、学生、非吸烟者、失业者、与家人同住者、被诊断患有精神疾病者、居住在北部地区者、隔离监管人员以及隔离60天及以上的人群中，报告的感知压力水平显著更高。
本研究显示，在新冠疫情期间，新发OCD污染症状的受访者中，高感知压力的患病率显著更高。这意味着生物灾难与高心理发病率相关。
