Latent class analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder
dc.contributor.author | Delucchi K.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Katerberg H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stewart S.E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Denys D.A.J.P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lochner C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stack D.E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Den Boer J.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Balkom A.J.L.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jenike M.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stein D.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cath D.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathews C.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-25T08:49:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-25T08:49:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is phenomenologically heterogeneous, and findings of underlying structure classification based on symptom grouping have been ambiguous to date. Variable-centered approaches, primarily factor analysis, have been used to identify homogeneous groups of symptoms; but person-centered latent methods have seen little use. This study was designed to uncover sets of homogeneous groupings within 1611 individuals with OCD based on symptoms. Method: Latent class analysis models using 61 obsessive-compulsive symptoms collected from the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale were fit. Relationships between latent class membership and treatment response, sex, symptom severity, and comorbid tic disorders were tested for relationship to class membership. Results: Latent class analysis models of best fit yielded 3 classes. Classes differed only in frequency of symptom endorsement. Classes with higher symptom endorsement were associated with earlier age of onset, being male, higher Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptom severity scores, and comorbid tic disorders. There were no differences in treatment response between classes. Conclusions: These results provide support for the validity of a single underlying latent OCD construct, in addition to the distinct symptom factors identified previously via factor analyses. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | |
dc.description.version | Article | |
dc.identifier.citation | Comprehensive Psychiatry | |
dc.identifier.citation | 52 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 3 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 334 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 341 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0010440X | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.06.007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14712 | |
dc.title | Latent class analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder | |
dc.type | Article |