إعادة تقنين مقياس أعراض الوسواس القهري

Abstract EN

Objective: The Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Scale (OCSs) is a unidimensional, reliable, valid and short patient-report outcome measure for screening Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

The current study aimed to develop a formal Egyptian-Arabic translation, calculate norm scores, and assess its validity and reliability for use with the Egyptian population.

Method: Using the OCSS questionnaire, N=301 participants diagnosed with OCD were compared with N=113 participants who did not present with OCD.

Diagnosis followed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition (DSM 5).

Validity was measured by internal consistency and discriminative validity.

Reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and the split-half correlation.

Results: Subscales were re-established and a further subscale for religious obsessive-compulsive symptoms added.

Updated norms were prepared for subscales.

Conclusion: The current investigation provides validity and reliability of OCSs as well as norm scores and a new tool to facilitate the clinical interpretation of patient scores.

The OCSs was made suitable for routine use in clinical practice in Egypt.