DOCS
ValidatedDimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS)
Adults (readable from about 13 – 15 years)Self~8 min20 questions
This questionnaire asks you about 4 different types of concerns that you might or might not experience. For each type there is a description of the kinds of thoughts (sometimes called obsessions) and behaviors (sometimes called rituals or compulsions) that are typical of that particular concern, followed by 5 questions about your experiences with these thoughts and behaviors. Please read each description carefully and answer the questions for each category based on your experiences in the last month.
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About this screener — evidence, source, alternatives
Rates the severity of the person's own obsessions and compulsions in four empirically supported dimensions. For each dimension, five items cover time, avoidance, distress, functional interference and difficulty disregarding the symptoms over the past month. Gives a total and four subscale scores.
Evidence · validated
Factor structure replicated in OCD, other anxiety disorder and non-clinical samples. The total score distinguished OCD from non-clinical adults (AUC 0.86) better than the OCI-R; a cut-off of 18 gave about 78% sensitivity and specificity versus non-clinical adults, and 21 gave about 70% versus other anxiety disorders (Abramowitz et al., 2010). Sensitive to change with ERP.
Free alternative to
- Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) · W. K. Goodman
Clinician-rated OCD severity scale with licensing restrictions; the DOCS is a free self-report measure of the same severity parameters.
Source & licence
Abramowitz JS, Deacon BJ, Olatunji BO, Wheaton MG, Berman NC, Losardo D, et al. Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psychol Assess. 2010;22(1):180–198. © 2009 Jonathan S. Abramowitz.
Licence: Free for clinical use and most research (copyright Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD)
Do not modify. A fee and permission are required for profit-making use (e.g. paid websites or apps) or industry-sponsored trials. Text from the official English DOCS form (docs.web.unc.edu).
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