Relationship between obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical college students / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the relationship of obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students and to provide evidence for prevention and intervention of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students. @* Methods@#Medical students were enrolled from a medical college in Hangzhou and were selected among 3 to 6 classes from Grade One to Grade Four using stratified cluster sampling method. The students were assessed with Obsessive Beliefs Scale-44 （OBD-44） and Obsessive Compulsive Scale Revised （OCD-R）. Linear regression model was conducted to analyze the association between obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students. @*Results@# As 592 medical students were surveyed and 544 responses were valid, the response rate was 91.89%. The median score of OCD-R of medical students was 15,and 28.86 of them had obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Concerning OBD-44, the total score of medical students was 154.11±36.05, the scores of responsibility/threat, perfectionism/certainty and importance/control of thoughts were 61.12±14.53, 58.68±14.31 and 32.90±10.76, respectively. The Linear regression analysis demonstrated that gender could predict checking,washing,obsessing and neutralizing; responsibility/threat estimate predicted hoarding and obsessing ;perfectionism/certainty was the most significant predictor of checking,ordering,washing, neutralizing;and importance/control of thoughts predicted hoarding,checking,ordering,washing and obsessing（all P<0.05）.@*Conclusion@#Gender, importance/control of thoughts and perfectionism/certainty have significant impact over most of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in medical students.