An epidemiological study of prevalence and comorbidity of obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms (SOCD) and stress in Pakistani adults

Objective: to investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of subclinical obsessive compulsive disorder (socd) symptoms and stress across gender,marital and employment statuses. methods: a cross-sectional research was conducted from december,2016 to march 2017 at two universities of cosmopolitan city lahore. two self-report scales measuring socd symptoms and stress were used to collect data from 377 adults selected through simple random sampling technique,proportionately distributed across gender,marital and employment status. results: from the total sample,52% reported low level of stress and 48% faced high level of stress. significant differences in prevalence were observed across marital and employment statuses whereas for men and women,it was observed same (24%). comorbidity of high level of socd symptoms and high level of stress was seen 34%. conclusion: significant prevalence and comorbidity exists between socd symptoms and stress and more studies addressing diverse population are needed. © 2017,professional medical publications. all rights reserved.