title: Influence of specific obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions on strategic planning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates obsessive-compulsive disorder patients in terms of strategic planning and its association with specific obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 32 obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Strategic planning was assessed by the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, and the obsessive-compulsive dimensions were assessed by the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. In the statistical analyses, the level of significance was set at 5%. We employed linear regression, including age, intelligence quotient, number of comorbidities, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale score, and the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale "worst-ever" score correlated significantly with the planning score on the copy portion of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (r = 0.4, p = 0.04) and was the only variable to show a significant association after linear regression (β = 0.55, t = 2.1, p = 0.04). Compulsive hoarding correlated positively with strategic planning (r = 0.44, p = 0.03). None of the remaining symptom dimensions presented any significant correlations with strategic planning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms to be associated with strategic planning. In addition, there was a significant positive association between the planning score on the copy portion of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test copy score and the hoarding dimension score on the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Our results underscore the idea that obsessive-compulsive disorder is a heterogeneous disorder and suggest that the hoarding dimension has a specific neuropsychological profile. Therefore, it is important to assess the peculiarities of each obsessive-compulsive symptom dimension.
authors.affiliation: Consórcio Brasileiro de Pesquisa em TOC, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Sanders Pereira
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iego
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Hemanny
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Rosana Sávio
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mastrorosa
authors.forename: Irismar Reis de
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Maria Conceição do
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rosário
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index