The relationship between health anxiety and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms with coronary anxiety in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms

The relationship between health anxiety and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms with coronary anxiety in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms

Jamileh Karimzadeh1

1) M.A of Clinical Psychology, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

IOI Code : XEAE-GCBHG
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health anxiety and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms with coronary anxiety in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study included all women with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms referred to psychotherapy centers in Tehran (regions 1 and 2) in the first half of 2021. By available sampling method of 41 people after identification and screening as a statistical sample were chosen. Data were collected through the Corona Anxiety Scale, the Millon-3 Multi-Axis Clinical Trial, the Health Anxiety Short Questionnaire, and the Madzley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software version 19 using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between coronary anxiety with the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (r = 0.492, P <0.01) and health anxiety (r = 0.508, P <0.01) in women with obsessive-compulsive personality symptoms. . The results of regression analysis also showed that 0.45% of coronary anxiety in women with obsessive-compulsive personality symptoms could be explained by health anxiety and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Based on the results, it can be stated that health anxiety and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms have the ability to predict coronary anxiety in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms, and these results can help reduce coronavirus anxiety and anxiety in these individuals.

Keywords : health anxiety obsessive compulsive disorder coronary anxiety obsessive personality