Foa2002 - The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory - Development and validation of a short version §

• Type: #article
• Year read:#read2021
• Subject: OCD OCI-R Psychometrics
• Bibtex: @foa2002
• Bibliography: Foa, E. B., Huppert, J. D., Leiberg, S., Langner, R., Kichic, R., Hajcak, G., & Salkovskis, P. M. (2002). The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: Development and validation of a short version. Psychological Assessment, 14(4), 485–496. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.14.4.485

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Example citation §

The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R; [@foa2002]) that contains 18 items assessing various domains of OCD symptoms.

Key takeaways §

• 215 patients with OCD, 243 with other anxiety disorders, 677 healthy controls
• Coefficient alpha total score 0.81, test-retest reliability total score 0.82 (two weeks apart)
• Convergent validity with YBOCS r = 0.53 (moderately related)
• ROC-analyses for OCD diagnosis. AUC for OCD versus healthy controls = 0.70 , 95% CI 0.66 to 0.74
• AUC for OCD versus other anxiety disorders = 0.82 (0.78 to 0.85)
• Optimal cut-off versus healthy controls = 21, sens 65.5% spec 63.9%
• Optimal cut-off versus other anxiety disorders = 18, sens 74% spec 75.2%

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