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The Cost of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) in China

Withdrawn
Conditions
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Interventions
Other: No intervention
Registration Number
NCT04215549
Lead Sponsor
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to estimate the cost of obsessive-compulsive disorder in China based on the prevalence rate from a social perspective.

Detailed Description

Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) is one of relatively common mental disorders with a prevalence of 1.63% in China. OCD usually begins in adolescence or young adulthood , it will become a chronic disabling disease, if it is not treated in timeand.OCD can be so severe that it can seriously impact on some or all areas of a person's life, bring huge economic burden. At present, there is only one article on the cost of OCD in the United States in the 1990s, and this part of the data in China is blank.A cross-sectional study recruited 600 patients with OCD from 13 hospitals in eastern, western, southern, and northern China. A structured questionnaire was used for face-to-face interviewing to collect costs related to OCD. The direct costs for each patient and indirect costs ffor each patient and their caregivers were calculated . The human capital method is used to calculate indirect costs. Through weighting, the cost of OCD in China is estimated from a social perspective using a bottom-up methodology.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • primarily diagnosed OCD meet DSM-5 critera
  • 16-65 years old
  • Get informed consent from patients
Exclusion Criteria
  • Concurrent neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, which severely interfere with treatment costs
  • Drug abuser
  • Unable to understand the questionnaire

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ParticipantsNo interventionOCD patients come from 13 hospitals located in the north, south, east and west of China
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
obsessive-compulsive disorder related costs in China1 year

Estimating the direct and indirect Costs of Chinese OCD based on prevalence from a social perspective

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Direct costs and indirect costs of consumed resources1 year

Direct costs include medical costs and transportation, food, accommodation, etc. corresponding related to clinics.Indirect costs include lost time for patients and family members due to OCD.

other costs directly associated with OCD1 year

Other medical costs and economic loss of disruptive behaviors due to OCD

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shanghai Mental Health Center

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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