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Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (OCI)

The document outlines the administration and scoring of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (OCI) to assess the severity of obsessive-compulsive behavior in a client. It details the procedure for administering the 42-question questionnaire, scoring methods for various subscales, and interpretation of results. The discussion highlights that the participant showed no distress in the area of washing, indicating a lack of obsessive-compulsive behavior related to cleaning.

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Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (OCI)

The document outlines the administration and scoring of the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (OCI) to assess the severity of obsessive-compulsive behavior in a client. It details the procedure for administering the 42-question questionnaire, scoring methods for various subscales, and interpretation of results. The discussion highlights that the participant showed no distress in the area of washing, indicating a lack of obsessive-compulsive behavior related to cleaning.

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Obsessive Compulsive Inventory

(OCI)
Aim: To assess the client’s severity of the Obsessive Compulsive Behavior.

Plan: To assess the obsessive compulsive behavior of the subject by administering


Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory.

Materials:
1.Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory
2.Norms For Interpretation
3.Writing Materials
Procedure: Seat the subject comfortably and build rapport. When the subject feels
comfortable then instruct thus, “This questionnaire consists of 42 questions. Please
read each statement carefully, and indicate the degree of applicability in a 5-point
rating scale that is marked from 0-4 that describes how much that experience has
distressed or bothered you during the past month. Be sure to read all the statements
in each group before making your choice.
There is no time limit but try to finish as fast as you can. There are no right or wrong
answer and your result will be kept confidential.

Precautions
• The subject should answer all the questions sincerely.
• The subject should not omit any questions.
• There is no time limit, but sooner the better.
Scoring:

The OCI consists of 42 items composing 7 subscales:


Washing, Checking, Doubting, Ordering, Obsessing, Hoarding and Mental Neutralizing.
Each item is rated on 5 point scale of symptom distress.

Washing- 4, 38, 42, 2


Checking- 7,9,10,19,40
Doubting: 3,24,25,26,29,37,41
Ordering- 14,15,16,23,31,35
Obsessing- 1,8,12,13,18,21,33
Hoarding-6,34,11
Mental Neutralising- 5,17,27,22,28,30,32,36,39,20
Scoring:

Mean Scores are calculated for each of the seven subscales and an overall mean
‘Distress’ score is provided. Each score is presented as a mean out of possible maximum
of 4.
A total score of 42 or more or a mean score of 2.5 or more in any of the subscales
suggests the presence of OCD, but is not diagnostic.
Results and Discussion

Dimension Raw Score Mean Score Interpretation

Washing 2 0.5 Not at all

Checking

Doubting

Ordering

Obsession

Hoarding

Neutralizing

Total
0=not at all 1= a little2= moderately 3= A lot 4= Extremely
1. Unpleasant thoughts come into my mind
against my will and I cannot get rid of them

2. I was and clean obsessively


DISCUSSION:

The aim was to assess the various areas under obsession and compulsion using the Obsessive-
Compulsive Inventory. The participant named ____, , female aged ____ working in ___________.
By referring to table 1, In the area of Washing, the participant obtained a raw score of 2, and a mean
score of 0.5, indicative of having no distress in this area. This shows that the participant doesn’t show an
obsessive-compulsive act towards cleaning and washings things, however, she avoids using public toilets and
finds difficult to touch dirty things.

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