title: [The influence of obsessive compulsive symptoms on the course of anorexia nervosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or OC symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and to find a possible relationship between the presence of OC symptoms and the course of AN.
  
  
  METHODS
  137 adolescent female patients with AN, aged 14.8 +/- 1.8 years, completed the Polish version of the LOI-CV. Two groups, High-risk (HR) and no High-risk (nHR), were defined according to the cut-off score of LOI-CV. The diagnosis of OCD was confirmed with the Polish version of K-SADS-PL. The relationship between the number and intensity of OC symptoms and the following data were analyzed: age of onset and on admittance to a psychiatric facility, weight loss, BMI on admittance and its changes, age of first menstruation, time of amenorrhea and of restitution of menses, length of treatment and number of relapses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OCD was not diagnosed in any subject, but 25% of the examined patients had OC symptoms which qualified them to High-risk group. Differences in HR and nHR groups were found between duration of AN before hospitalization, age and body mass after release from hospital. Negative correlation was found between "Yes" Score and Interference Score in LOI-CV and the age of patient at the time of release from hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results of our study do not support the observations about a high co-occurrence of AN and OCD, but indicate the frequent co-occurrence of OK symptoms.
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Błachno
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bryńska
authors.forename: Celina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomaszewicz-Libudzic
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jagielska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Srebnicki
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wolańczyk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index