Y-BOCS

Question 1

What type of interview?

Answer 1

A semi structured interview

Question 2

How many items

Answer 2

10. Items five items with five items relating to obsessions and five items to compulsions.

Question 3

How many minutes does it take to complete?

Answer 3

30 minutes

Question 4

On what scale were items rated

Answer 4

Four point scale from 0 to 4

Question 5

In relation to what where answer is done

Answer 5

Severity of symptoms over the last week

Question 6

What time frame does it use?

Answer 6

The last week

Question 7

What score considered mild?

Answer 7

8 to 15

Question 8

Moderate

Answer 8

16 to 23

Question 9

Severe

Answer 9

24 to 31

Question 10

Extreme

Answer 10

31 to 40

Question 11

Did a interviewer use a checklist

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

How many types of obsessions in compulsions were there and how many categories were they divided into?

Answer 12

50 types of obsessions divided into 15 categories

Question 13

Example questions

Answer 13

How much of your time is occupied by obsessive thoughts
zero none
one (less than one hour a day )
2 (1to 3 hours a day)
3 (3 to 8 hours a day)
4(more than eight hours a day)

Example question two
how much of an effort do you make to resist the compulsions?
Zero (always make an effort to resist or don’t even need to resist )
2(try to resist most of the time)
3(reluctantly yield to all compulsions)
4(completely and will lead to our compulsions)