Pathways and barriers to care in patients with treatment naive obsessive compulsive disorder- An exploratory study

Abstract

Background: Many people suffering from obsessive-compulsive compulsive hesitate to seek treatment, causing an increase in the seriousness of the disorder, further co-existing conditions, and a rise in functional disability. Aim: The main objective of this study is to acknowledge the steps to supervise the patients with the medical care for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and to acknowledge the hurdle for the management of naïve obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methods and Materials: It was a cross-sectional study in which 120 patients were included and was conducted in Department of Psychiatry, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Bihar, India.
Socio-cultural attributes, seriousness of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a complication in treatment, and self-reliance were assessed.
Results: Most of the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were in the age group of 20-25 years and the majority of the patients were male that is 78 and 42 were female. 35% of the patients were not literate and 52% of the patients belonged to lower social class.
Conclusion: The main limitation seen in this study was that the patient was undecided about where to get the healthcare services, trying to resolve the problem on its own, believing the problem would resolve by itself, feeling embarrassed, believing they do not have any issue, worried about what their friends think about them and too much busy in their work.