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Use of factor analysis to detect potential phenotypes in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Psychiatry research - 30 Oct 2004
Denys Damiaan, de Geus Femke, van Megen Harold J G M, Westenberg Herman G M
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to identify symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in order to reveal distinct clinical phenotypes. Factor analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) checklist on item level was performed on data from 335 outpatients with primary OCD. The relationship of demographic and clinical characteristics to the resulting factor scores was examined. A principal...
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