Clinical characteristics of hoarding disorder in Japanese patients

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Satoshi Yamada¹  Kayo Okada²  Keisuke Ikari³  Tomohiro Nakao⁴  Shigenobu Kanba⁵  Keitaro Murayama⁶  Shinichi Honda⁷  Koji Yonemoto⁷  Hirofumi Tomiyama⁷  Masumi Kuwano⁷  Suguru Hasuzawa⁷ 

[1] Corresponding author.;Division of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan;Fukuoka Prefectural Psychiatric Center Dazaifu Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan;Nagasaki Support Center for Children, Women and People with Disabilities, Nagasaki, Japan;Okehazama Hospital Fujita Mental Care Center, Aichi, Japan;Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan;Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan;

关键词: Public health;    Psychiatry;    Health sciences;    Clinical research;    Diagnostics;    Hoarding disorder;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Previous studies have reported clinical characteristics of hoarding disorder (HD), such as early onset, a chronic course, familiality, high unmarried rate, and high rates of comorbidities. However, clinical research targeting Japanese HD patients has been very limited. As a result, there is a low recognition of HD in Japan, leading to insufficient evaluation and treatment of Japanese HD patients.The aim of the current study was to delineate the clinical characteristics of Japanese HD patients. Thirty HD patients, 20 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, and 21 normal controls (NC) were targeted in this study.The HD group had a tendency toward higher familiality, earlier onset, and longer disease duration compared to the OCD group. In addition, the HD group showed a significantly higher unmarried rate than the NC group. The top two comorbidities in the HD group were major depressive disorder (56.7%) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (26.7%). The HD group had significantly higher scores on hoarding rating scales and lower scores on the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale than the other two groups.The current study showed a clinical trend in Japanese HD patients similar to previous studies in various countries, suggesting that HD may be a universal disease with consistent clinical symptoms.

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