Cigarette smoking in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS).

Journal: CNS spectrums

Volume: 20

Issue: 5

Year of Publication: 2015

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry,University of Milan,Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda,Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Milano,Italy. Carracci Medical Group,Mexico City,Mexico. Center for Genomic Sciences,Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México,Mexico City,Mexico. Dipartimento di Psichiatria,Neurobiologia,Farmacologia e Biotechnologie,Università di Pisa,Pisa,Italy. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center,New York,USA. Mental Health Unit,Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust,Queen Elizabeth II Hospital,Welwyn Garden City,UK. MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders,Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health,University of Cape Town,Cape Town,South Africa. Department of Psychiatry,University of Florence, andInstitute of Neurosciences,Florence,Italy. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences,McMaster University,Hamilton,Canada. MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders,Department of Psychiatry,University of Stellenbosch,South Africa. University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry Sveti Naum,Sofia,Bulgaria. Department of Psychiatry,Sisli Eftal Teaching and Research Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey. Department of Psychiatry,Chaim Sheba Medical Center,Tel Hashomer,Israel. Department of Psychiatry,Academic Medical Center,University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the Netherlands. Psychiatry Unit at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. Barcelona,Spain.

Abstract summary 

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) showed a lower prevalence of cigarette smoking compared to other psychiatric disorders in previous and recent reports. We assessed the prevalence and clinical correlates of the phenomenon in an international sample of 504 OCD patients recruited through the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) network. Cigarette smoking showed a cross-sectional prevalence of 24.4% in the sample, with significant differences across countries. Females were more represented among smoking patients (16% vs 7%; p<.001). Patients with comorbid Tourette's syndrome (p<.05) and tic disorder (p<.05) were also more represented among smoking subjects. Former smokers reported a higher number of suicide attempts (p<.05). We found a lower cross-sectional prevalence of smoking among OCD patients compared to findings from previous studies in patients with other psychiatric disorders but higher compared to previous and more recent OCD studies. Geographic differences were found and smoking was more common in females and comorbid Tourette's syndrome/tic disorder.

Authors & Co-authors:  Dell'Osso Bernardo B Nicolini Humberto H Lanzagorta Nuria N Benatti Beatrice B Spagnolin Gregorio G Palazzo M Carlotta MC Marazziti Donatella D Hollander Eric E Fineberg Naomi N Stein Dan J DJ Pallanti Stefano S Van Ameringen Michael M Lochner Christine C Hranov Georgi G Karamustafalioglu Oguz O Hranov Luchezar L Zohar Joseph J Denys Damiaan D Altamura A Carlo AC Menchon Jose M JM

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  20
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1017/S1092852915000565
SSN : 1092-8529
Study Population
Females
Mesh Terms
Humans
Other Terms
Cigarette smoking;comorbidity;gender;obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD);prevalence
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
United States