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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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The Cost of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) in China: Multi-center Cross-sectional Survey Based on Hospital

Conditions
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: No intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 16 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Participants<br>OCD patients come from 13 hospitals located in the north, south, east and west of China | Other: No intervention<br>* cross sectional study，no intervention<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder related costs in China | Estimating the direct and indirect Costs of Chinese OCD based on prevalence from a social perspective | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Direct costs and indirect costs of consumed resources | 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. | 1 year | 
| other costs directly associated with OCD | Other medical costs and economic loss of disruptive behaviors due to OCD | 1 year |