Open AccessHow valid is obsessive-compulsive inventory-revised scale among Sri Lankan adults?
Author(s) -
Buddhika Senanayake,
Mahesh Rajasuriya,
Chathurie Suraweera,
Carukshi Arambepola
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_171_18
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , receiver operating characteristic , gold standard (test) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , scale (ratio) , cutoff , clinical psychology , obsessive compulsive , population , psychiatry , medicine , psychometrics , cartography , power (physics) , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , geography
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 1.9%-3.0% in the general population. It is an easily missed diagnosis. Although several paper-based tools have been developed, none are culturally validated for Sri Lankans to screen for OCD at field level.