title: The relationship between eating disorder symptoms and obsessive compulsive disorder in primigravida women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Eating Disorder Symptoms are among the most common disorders in perinatal period and are influenced by various environmental and psychosocial factors such as anxiety disorders. So, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between Eating Disorder symptoms and Obsessive Compulsive disorder in primigravida women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was carried on 213 in primigravida women referring to Mashhad health care centers, selected through a two stage sampling method (cluster-convenience) in Mashhad in 2013. Demographic and prenatal characteristics Questionnaire, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q)(26Q) and Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Questionnaire (30Q) were completed by the subjects. The statistical analysis was performed with various statistical tests such as Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, one-way ANOVA and linear regression. Significance level was considered as P < 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the findings 94.6% of the subjects had Obsessive Compulsive disorder, and 18% had Eating Disorder Symptoms. In addition, there was a poor positive correlation between the rate of Eating Disorder Symptoms and Obsessive Compulsive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a correlation between the Eating Disorder Symptoms and Obsessive Compulsive in pregnant women. It is recommended to eliminate or decrease Eating Disorder Symptoms and Obsessive Compulsive among Iranian pregnant women through preventive measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Soheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohamadirizi
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kordi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohamad Taghi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shakeri
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modares-Gharavi
keywords: Eating; Iran; eating disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder; pregnancy; pregnant women