Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo en estudiantes de la carrera de medicina de la Universidad de Cuenca 2021

Abstract

Background: According to the DSMV and the American Psychological Association (2014), people with OCD have unwanted, recurrent thoughts (obsessions) before wich they perform repetitive acts (compulsions). In a study conducted in Peru in 2016 in medical students, a frequency of OCD of 5.28% was determined contrasting with a study in Saudi Arabia that showed a frequency of 35.3% in the same population. Objective: To establish the characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder in medical students at the University of Cuenca. 2021. Methodological design: It is a quantitative descriptive study. Virtual forms were used with sociodemographic variables of interest, and the items of the Revised OCD Inventory and the Maudsley Inventory. Statistical analysis was performed with Epidata 3.1 and Microsoft Excel 2019; the results are shown in the relevant tables. Results: Female represented 73.57%, were in their first year (44.29%), single (98.21%) and living with their families (87.5%). At the application of the Revised OCD Inventory, 46.07% presented obsessive-compulsive disorder. With the Maudsley Inventory, 33.57% had a tendency to obsessive-compulsive features. Conclusions: A high frequency, 44.29%, of obsessive-compulsive disorder was found upon application of the Revised OCD Inventory. In addition, 33.57% showed tendencies to obsessive-compulsive behavior. It was determined, that of the total number of participants who had OCD or a tendency, the majority were female, single, first year and living with their families.