TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsives
T2 - inpatient vs outpatient
AU - van den Hout, Marcel
AU - Emmelkamp, Paul
AU - Kraaykamp, Hilbert
AU - Griez, Eric
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - The effects of 5.4 months of inpatient behavioral treatment and of 20 sessions of outpatient behavioral therapy were studied in a quasi-experimental design with 22 inpatient and 43 outpatient obsessive-compulsives. Within each group there was a significant drop in scores on the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory after the therapy. Even after controlling-through covariance analysis-for initial differences between groups, no differences emerged between inpatient and outpatient treatment effects. Considering the clinical and economical relevance of the issue, and acknowledging the quasiexperimental nature of the present study, it is argued that controlled tests are justified.
AB - The effects of 5.4 months of inpatient behavioral treatment and of 20 sessions of outpatient behavioral therapy were studied in a quasi-experimental design with 22 inpatient and 43 outpatient obsessive-compulsives. Within each group there was a significant drop in scores on the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory after the therapy. Even after controlling-through covariance analysis-for initial differences between groups, no differences emerged between inpatient and outpatient treatment effects. Considering the clinical and economical relevance of the issue, and acknowledging the quasiexperimental nature of the present study, it is argued that controlled tests are justified.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024198799&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0005-7967(88)90085-X
DO - 10.1016/0005-7967(88)90085-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 3214397
AN - SCOPUS:0024198799
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 26
SP - 331
EP - 332
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 4
ER -
