Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective To investigate the relationship between attention inhibition function and clinical symp-toms in first-episode obsessive-compulsive disorder（OCD）. （OCD）. OCD）. ）. Methods A total of 88 patients with OCD compared withgender-，age-，yearsof educationmatched85heathcontrols（HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby ，age-，yearsof educationmatched85heathcontrols（HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby age-，yearsof educationmatched85heathcontrols（HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby ，yearsof educationmatched85heathcontrols（HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby years of education matched 85 heath controls（HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby （HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby HC）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby ）；Attentioninhibitionfunctionwereassessedby Attention inhibition function were assessed byStroop task、Digital Symbol、Digit Spansubtests；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington 、Digital Symbol、Digit Spansubtests；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington Digital Symbol、Digit Spansubtests；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington 、Digit Spansubtests；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington Digit Span subtests；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington ；Clinical symptomswereassessedbyPaduaInventory-Washington Clinical symptoms were assessed by Padua Inventory-WashingtonState University Revision（PI-WSUR）andYale-BrownObsessiveCompulsiveScale（Y-BOCS）. （PI-WSUR）andYale-BrownObsessiveCompulsiveScale（Y-BOCS）. PI-WSUR）andYale-BrownObsessiveCompulsiveScale（Y-BOCS）. ）andYale-BrownObsessiveCompulsiveScale（Y-BOCS）. and Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale（Y-BOCS）. （Y-BOCS）. Y-BOCS）. ）. Results There weresignificant differences between the patients with OCD and HC on Digital Symbol subtests and error numbers of “color-word” in Stroop task［（47.39±7.86）time，（41.12±6.39）time， ［（47.39±7.86）time，（41.12±6.39）time， 47.39±7.86）time，（41.12±6.39）time， ）time，（41.12±6.39）time， time，（41.12±6.39）time， ，（41.12±6.39）time， 41.12±6.39）time， ）time， time，t =-5.745，P <0.001；OCD：（5.48±4.38）score， ；OCD：（5.48±4.38）score， OCD：（5.48±4.38）score， ：（5.48±4.38）score， 5.48±4.38）score， ）score， score，HC：median2，lowerquartile1，upperquartile4）， ：median2，lowerquartile1，upperquartile4）， median 2，lowerquartile1，upperquartile4）， ，lowerquartile1，upperquartile4）， lower quartile 1，upperquartile4）， ，upperquartile4）， upper quartile 4）， ），Z =-3.678，P <0.001］. Thestudyindicatedtheerrornumber ］. Thestudyindicatedtheerrornumber . The study indicated the error numberof “color-word” in Stroop task for OCD subjects was positive correlation to Obsessions subscale of Y-BOCS（r =0.226，P =0.034）. ）. Conclusion There were significantly positive correlations between clinical symptoms and attention inhibi-tion function.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder；Cognition；Strooptask