The study used Arabic OCD scale created by Abohendy and colleagues.29 ,30
It has been validated and standardized on patients with (N=301) and without (N=113) clinical OCD using the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5).16
The Arabic OCD scale includes 83 questions covering 14 different OCD domains; rumination of ideas (7 questions), sexual obsessions (4 questions), aggressive obsessions (5 questions), religious obsessions (9 questions), cleanliness and fear of disease obsessions (9 questions), obsessive impulses (8 questions), obsessive images (4 questions), general and miscellaneous compulsions (5 questions), religious compulsions (4 questions), purity and cleanliness compulsions (7 questions), slowness (4 questions), re-checking compulsions (4 questions), touch rituals (5 questions), the effect of obsessive-compulsive disorder on daily activities (8 questions). Each question was scored between one to 5 points with a total score of 83 and 415 points.
It has been validated and standardized on patients with (N=301) and without (N=113) clinical OCD using the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5).16
The Arabic OCD scale includes 83 questions covering 14 different OCD domains; rumination of ideas (7 questions), sexual obsessions (4 questions), aggressive obsessions (5 questions), religious obsessions (9 questions), cleanliness and fear of disease obsessions (9 questions), obsessive impulses (8 questions), obsessive images (4 questions), general and miscellaneous compulsions (5 questions), religious compulsions (4 questions), purity and cleanliness compulsions (7 questions), slowness (4 questions), re-checking compulsions (4 questions), touch rituals (5 questions), the effect of obsessive-compulsive disorder on daily activities (8 questions). Each question was scored between one to 5 points with a total score of 83 and 415 points.
