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Revista Científica Ciencia Médica
Print version ISSN 1817-7433On-line version ISSN 2220-2234
Abstract
TORRES ROMERO, Anthon Daniel; MARTINEZ LOPEZ, Patricia Lorena; SORIA GROSSO, Carolina Anabella and AYALA SERVIN, José Nicolás. ANALYSIS OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND ANXIETY IN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.1, pp.14-20. Epub Sep 31, 2022. ISSN 1817-7433. https://doi.org/10.51581/rccm.v25i1.463.
Background:
In Latin America and the Caribbean, both anxiety disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are among the most common mental disorders. In Paraguay, both disorders have been studied, but not in correlation.
Objective:
To determine the correlation of the dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder with anxiety factors in undergraduate medical students of the National University of Asuncion in 2019.
Methods:
Quantitative study, correlational-descriptive design, non-probabilistic chain convenience sampling, from April to May 2019, at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (Saxony campus). Universe made up of N=450 students and necessary sample of n=201. The Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) and the State- Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAIC) were applied.
Results:
208 surveys were analyzed. Mean age was 20.875±1.76 years. The majority of respondents were female. A significant correlation (r=0.43l) (p<0.05) was found between OCD and Anxiety in medical students. Conclusion: In the present investigation a positive correlation was determined for the dimensions of obsessive- compulsive disorder and anxiety factors; it is indicated that the quantitative increase in the score of these dimensions is accompanied by an increase in anxiety factors.
Keywords : Obsessive compulsive disorder; anxiety; Medical students.