title: The Clinical Characteristics of ADHD and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Comorbidity.
abstract: Objective:To investigate the clinical implications of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and ADHD comorbidity in adults.Method:The OCD patients who had and had no diagnosis of adulthood ADHD were compared in terms of several demographic and clinical variables.Results:The mean number of obsessions and compulsions; hoarding, symmetry, and miscellaneous obsessions; ordering/arranging and hoarding compulsions; total, attentional, and motor subscale scores of Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS)-11 were more frequent among the patients with OCD-ADHD. The mean age of onset was more likely to be earlier in ADHD-OCD group than in OCD group. Impulsivity, symmetry obsessions, and hoarding compulsions strongly predicted the coexistence between ADHD and OCD.Conclusion:OCD-ADHD comorbidity in adults seemed to be associated with an earlier onset of OCD, with the predominance of impulsivity, and with a different obsessive-compulsive symptom (OC) profile from OCD patients without a diagnosis of ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Karsıyaka State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mersin Kilic
authors.affiliation: Aydin State Hospital, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dondu
authors.affiliation: Adnan Menderes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cagdas Oyku
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Memis
authors.affiliation: Adnan Menderes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozdemiroglu
authors.affiliation: Adnan Menderes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sevincok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: ADHD; OCD; age onset