Association of eating attitude with anxiety and depression levels in children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic and clinical data of OCD and control groups.

	OCD group (n = 40)	Controls group (n = 40)	p
Age (years)	14.02 ± 1.84	14.15 ± 2.05	.776
Gender (male/female)	21/19	23/17	.653
Education (years)	8.13 ± 2.31	8.92 ± 2.04	.105
Maternal age (mean ± SD)	39.85 ± 5.00	40.77 ± 4.62	.393
Paternal age (mean ± SD)	44.60 ± 5.50	44.50 ± 5.28	.934
Maternal psychiatric disorder (n/%)			.003
Yes	12 (30%)	2 (5%)
No	28 (70%)	38 (95%)
Paternal psychiatric disorder (n/%)			.556
Yes	2 (5%)	1 (2.5%)
No	38 (95%)	39 (97.5%)
BMI (mean ± SD)	20.56 ± 3.71	19.82 ± 3.45	.359
BMI percentile range			.376
Underweight (≤5th percentile) (n/%)	12 (30.0%)	10 (25.0%)
Normal weight (5^th to 85th percentile) (n/%)	23 (57.5%)	28 (70.0%)
Over weight (86th to <95th percentile) (n/%)	5 (12.5%)	5 (5.0%)

Notes: BMI: body mass index; OCD: obsessive–compulsive disorder. p < .05: statistical significance.

Table 2. The EAT, CDI, STAI-S, STAI-T scores, and MOCI subscales’ scores of the patient and control groups.

	OCD group (n = 40)	Control group (n = 40)	p
EAT scores (mean ± SD)	17.65 ± 10.53	15.30 ± 7.33	.251
EAT cut-off scores (n/%)			.011
30 > EAT	6 (15%)	0 (0%)
<30 EAT	34 (85%)	40 (100%)
CDI (mean ± sd)	13.70 ± 8.86^a	7.95 ± 4.43	.001
CDI cut-off scores (n/%)			<.001
19 above	12 (30%)	0 (0%)
19 under	28 (70%)	40 (100%)
STAI-S (mean ± sd)	42.47 ± 11.27^a	35.00 ± 7.61	.001
STAI-T (mean ± SD)	53.35 ± 8.68^a	39.07 ± 9.03	<.001
MOCI checking (mean ± SD)	4.92 ± 2.29^a	2.40 ± 1.93	<.001
MOCI cleaning (mean ± SD)	6.27 ± 2.48^a	3.92 ± 2.26	<.001
MOCI slowness (mean ± SD)	3.70 ± 1.48^a	1.80 ± 1.47	<.001
MOCI doubting (mean ± SD)	3.85 ± 2.03^a	2.75 ± 1.58	.009
MOCI rumination (mean ± SD)	5.15 ± 2.31^a	2.65 ± 1.87	<.001
MOCI total (mean ± SD)	23.90 ± 8.41^a	13.52 ± 6.81	<.001

Notes: EAT: Eating Attitude Test; CDI: Children’s Depression Inventory; MOCI: Maudsley Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory; OCD: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder; STAI-S: State Anxiety Inventory; STAI-T: Trait Anxiety Inventory. p < .05: statistical significance.

^aHigher than those of controls.

Table 3. Correlations between clinical variables and EAT scores in the OCD group and control group.

	Age	BMI	CDI	STAI-S	STAI-T	MOCI checking	MOCI cleaning	MOCI slowness	MOCI doubting	MOCI rumination	MOCI total
EAT scores OCD
r	0.007	–0.182	0 . 511	0.044	0.219	0.466	0.482	0.180	0.436	0.232	0.470
p	.964	.261	.001	.785	.175	.002	.002	.266	.005	.149	.002
Controls
r	–0.361	–0.227	–0.100	0.133	0.046	0.433	0.397	0.139	0.301	0.392	0.463
p	.022	.157	.538	.413	.776	.005	.011	.393	.060	.012	.003

Notes: BMI: body mass index; CDI: Children’s Depression Inventory; EAT: Eating Attitude Test; MOCI: Maudsley Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory; OCD: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder; STAI-S: State Anxiety Inventory, STAI-T: Trait Anxiety Inventory. p < .05: statistical significance. Bold values show a statistically significant correlation.

Table 4. Effects of CDI, STAI-T, STAI-S, and MOCI subscales on EAT scores in OCD patients.

	Unstandardized coefficients
	B	Std. Error	p
CDI	0.588	0.161	.001
STAI-S	0.040	0.147	.785
STAI-T	0.257	0.186	.175
MOCI checking	2.075	0.640	.002
MOCI cleaning	1.983	0.585	.002
MOCI slowness	1.236	1.095	.226
MOCI doubting	2.191	0.733	.005
MOCI rumination	1.024	0.696	.149
MOCI total	0.571	0.174	.002

Notes: Univariate linear regression analysis; CDI: Children’s Depression Inventory; EAT: Eating Attitude Test; MOCI: Maudsley Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory; OCD: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder; STAI-S: State Anxiety Inventory; STAI-T: Trait Anxiety Inventory. p < .05: statistical significance.