Takeaway
- A 3-week specialised inpatient programme was effective and produced good response rates in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who did not respond satisfactorily to the standard outpatient treatment.
- Better relapse prevention interventions are however needed.
Why this matters
- First study to investigate long-term (6 months) outcome of brief specialised inpatient treatment programme.
Study design
- 187 adult patients with OCD who did not respond satisfactorily to the standard outpatient treatment received a 3-week specialised inpatient treatment.
- Funding: Universities of Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø; the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim).
Key results
- 166 patients completed the treatment.
- At discharge, 79.7% were treatment responders and 5.3% partial responders.
- At 6-month follow-up, 61.5% were treatment responders and 8.0% partial responders.
- No significant difference was observed between antidepressant users vs nonusers with respect to Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) posttreatment score (P=.501).
- Pretreatment level of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (Y-BOCS) was the only significant predictor of relapse (regression coefficient, 0.17; P=.003).
Limitations
- Open-label design.
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