Characterization of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia treated with clozapine or haloperidol / Caracterização dos sintomas obsessivo-compulsivos em pacientes com esquizofrenia em uso de clozapina ou haloperidol

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2008

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Objective: We conducted a cross-sectional study to compare the prevalence and severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with schizophrenia treated with clozapine or haloperidol. Methods: SCID-I/P was used for the diagnoses of schizophrenia and OCD. Sixty subjects completed Y-BOCS, PANSS and CGI scales. Chi-square with Yates correction, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for the statistical analyses. Results: Among the sixty schizophrenia patients evaluated, ten (16,7 %) met DSM-IV criteria for both schizophrenia and OCD; thirteen (21,7 %) had OCS but not OCD and thirty-seven (61,6 %) had neither OCD nor OCS. The prevalence of OCD or OCS was similar in patients taking clozapine or haloperidol (40% vs 35%, respectively). However, patients using clozapine showed higher severity of OCS than patients using haloperidol (P= 0,027). Patients with schizophrenia and OCD also showed higher severity of schizophrenic symptoms when compared to patients with schizophrenia without OCS (P= 0,002). Conclusions: Although the presence of OCS or OCD was similar between the groups taking clozapine or haloperidol, patients using clozapine showed higher scores in the YBOCS. These results may support an association between the exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive phenomena and the use of clozapine. Patients with schizophrenia and OCD showed a higher severity on psychotic symptoms than the other groups

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transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo clozapina comorbidity (psychiatry) esquizofrenia haloperidol clozapine comorbidade (psiquiatria) haloperidol obsessive-compulsive disorder schizophrenia

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