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Q How sensitive are clinician administered and self-reported surveys in the diagnosis of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
METHODS
Design:
Cohort study.
Setting:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; timeframe not stated.
Patients:
81 children and adolescents with DSM-IV OCD (mean age 11.5 years, mean age of OCD onset 8.3 years).
Test:
Leyton Obsessional Inventory—Child Version (LOI-CV) survey form self-report: participants completed the 44 item children and adolescent version of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory for current OCD symptoms prior to clinical assessment, without assistance. The LOI-CV items fall into three subgroups: symptoms (each item scored 0 or 1), interference (each item scored 0–3) and resistance (each item scored 0–3). The shorter form of the LOI-CV, the …
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For correspondence: Daniel Geller, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Program, 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 2000, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; dageller{at}partners.org
Source of funding: National Institutes of Mental Health.
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