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Hoarding behaviour in Xhosa patients with schizophrenia - prevalence and clinical presentation
South African Journal of Psychiatry | Vol 13, No 4 | a36 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v13i4.36
| © 2007 T Ameer, D J H Niehaus, L Koen, C Seller, S Seedat
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 January 2008 | Published: 01 December 2007
Submitted: 08 January 2008 | Published: 01 December 2007
About the author(s)
T Ameer,D J H Niehaus,
L Koen,
C Seller, Department of Psychiatry, Stikland Hospital, Stellenbosch University, W Cape
S Seedat, Medical Research Council Unit for Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, W Cape
Abstract
Objective:Hoarding is commonly defined as the acquisition ofand failure to discard possessions of little use or value, and isincluded as a symptom in the diagnostic criteria for obsessivecompulsive personality disorder (OCPD) and obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD). However, it has also beenobserved in other clinical syndromes including schizophrenia.This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence andclinical presentation of hoarding behaviour in schizophreniaamong Xhosa patients.Method:The sample consisted of 102 patients, recruited aspart of a larger genetic study in the Cape Town metropolebetween November 2004 and January 2005, diagnosed withschizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders according to theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-IV)criteria. They were screened for clinically significant hoardingsymptoms. If these were present, additional information onthe phenomenology was obtained by means of a structuredquestionnaire. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview(MINI) (screen and full version), the Yale Brown ObsessiveCompulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) Checklist, Y-BOCS, Clutter ImageRating Scale (CIRS) and a structured questionnaire on hoardingwere administered.Results:Only four patients with schizophrenia were classifiedas hoarders. Although their clinical presentation resembled thatof hoarders described elsewhere in the literature, they had lowY-BOCS scores and did not report other obsessive-compulsivesymptoms.Conclusion:Our results suggest that hoarding behaviour isnot common in Xhosa patients with schizophrenia. Furtherinvestigation of protective factors for hoarding behaviour in theXhosa population is warranted.
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