Dennis Danielle, McGlinchey Eleanor, Wheaton Michael G
Fairleigh Dickinson University, United States.
Barnard College of Columbia University, United States.
J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2023 Jul;38:100812. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100812. Epub 2023 Jun 3.
A pandemic outbreak can lead to excessive, maladaptive levels of anxiety, particularly among individuals who already suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provided a novel opportunity to examine the possibility that individuals with OCD, compared to those without OCD, might experience greater distress from this common stressor. The present study examined the lasting effects of COVID-19 in the year after the outbreak. Additionally, there is limited research regarding the stability of OCD dimensions; therefore, this study examined whether the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the stability of OCD dimensions. One hundred and forty-three adults who reported they had been diagnosed with OCD and ninety-eight adults without OCD, completed an online survey assessing the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on symptoms of OCD in the year after the initial outbreak. The OCD group showed greater concern about the pandemic and greater concern about future pandemics compared to the comparison group. In addition, COVID-19 related distress differentially related to OCD symptoms dimensions, showing the strongest association with the contamination dimension. Lastly, results showed that many individuals reported that their OCD dimension shifted to obsessions about COVID-19 from their pre-existing OCD dimension.
大流行疫情可能导致过度的、适应不良的焦虑水平，尤其是在那些已经患有强迫症（OCD）的个体中。2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）提供了一个新的机会，来检验与没有强迫症的个体相比，患有强迫症的个体是否可能因这一常见应激源而经历更大的痛苦。本研究考察了COVID-19疫情爆发后一年的长期影响。此外，关于强迫症维度稳定性的研究有限；因此，本研究考察了COVID-19大流行是否影响了强迫症维度的稳定性。143名报告被诊断患有强迫症的成年人和98名没有强迫症的成年人完成了一项在线调查，评估COVID-19大流行在首次爆发后一年对强迫症症状的影响。与对照组相比，强迫症组对疫情和未来大流行的担忧更大。此外，与COVID-19相关的痛苦与强迫症症状维度存在差异关联，与污染维度的关联最强。最后，结果表明，许多个体报告称，他们的强迫症维度从之前的维度转变为对COVID-19的强迫观念。
