Vidhula Gauthaman

Department of Community Medicine, Madha Medical College & Research Institute, DR MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Obsessive-Compulsive and Spectrum Disorders, A Cross Sectional Study among the Medical Students at Tertiary Health Care Centre, Kanchipuram District-Tamil Nadu
  Author(s): Sowmiya KR, Vidhula Gauthaman, Rajayamini R*, Subhashini S and Jaya Kiruthiga S
  
  Introduction: Obsessive and compulsive disorder is a chronic psychiatric illness which has been recognized as the fourth most common global psychiatric disorder. This study was done with an objective of estimating the prevalence of probable OCD and associated spectrum disorders and to evaluate the association between socio demographic features. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 477 medical students, at a Medical College in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu employing universal sampling method. The data was collected during the period from July 2022 to September 2022 using the Obsessive- Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R) scale and score of ≥21 signify probable OCD Results: Out of the 477 study participants screened for obsessive compulsive symptoms, 183(38.4%), were males and .. Read More»