Severity and Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Family Accommodation: OCD severity and Family Accommodation

Background and Objectives: Family accommodation (FA) refers to ways in which family members assist the patient in the performance of rituals, compulsions, avoidance of anxiety provoking situations, or modification of daily routines to assist a relative with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The purpose of this study was to study the association between the family accommodation and dimensions of obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD). Methods: The study was included 45patients and their family members, Yale brown Obsessive-Compulsive scale (YBOCS) was used to assess the severity of OCD in patients and Dimensional Yale brown Obsessive-Compulsive scale (DYBOCS) was used to identify the severity of different dimensions in OCD patients family members were assessed on Family Accommodation Scale for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -Self Rated version (FAS-SR) for understanding accommodation level in family. A Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the association between variables. Results: FA was found to be highly present in the family of patients with OCD. On the DYBOCS we found the dimension of cleaning and washing were prevalent and highly correlated with FA.