The Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory
General Instructions: The questions below are designed to help health professionals evaluate anxiety symptoms. Keep in mind, a high score on this questionnaire does not necessarily mean you have an anxiety disorder — only an evaluation by a health professional can make this determination. Answer these questions as accurately as you can.
Part A instructions:
Please select YES or NO for the following questions, based on your experience in the past MONTH:
Have you been bothered by unpleasant thoughts or images that repeatedly enter your mind, such as...
Concerns with contamination (dirt, germs, chemicals, radiation) or acquiring a serious illness such as AIDS?
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Yes
No
Overconcern with keeping objects (clothing, groceries, tools) in perfect order or arranged exactly?
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Yes
No
Images of death or other horrible events?
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Yes
No
Personally unacceptable religious or sexual thoughts?
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Yes
No
Have you worried a lot about terrible things happening, such as...
Fire, burglary, or flooding the house?
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Yes
No
Accidentally hitting a pedestrian with your car, or letting your call roll down the hill?
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Yes
No
Spreading an illness (such as giving someone the flu)?
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Yes
No
Losing something valuable?
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Yes
No
Harm coming to a loved one because you weren’t careful enough?
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Yes
No
Have you worried about acting on an unwanted and senseless urge or impulse, such as physically harming a loved one, pushing a stranger in front of a bus, steering your car into oncoming traffic; inappropriate sexual contact; or poisoning dinner guests?
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Yes
No
Have you felt driven to perform certain acts over and over again, such as...
Excessive or ritualized washing, cleaning, or grooming?
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Yes
No
Checking light switches, water faucets, the stove, door locks, or emergency brake?
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Yes
No
Counting; arranging; evening-up behaviors (making sure socks are at same height)?
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Yes
No
Collecting useless objects or inspecting the garbage before it is thrown out?
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Yes
No
Repeating routine actions (in/out of chair, going through doorway, re-lighting cigarette) a certain number of times or until it feels just right?
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Yes
No
Need to touch objects or people?
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Yes
No
Unnecessary re-reading or re-writing; re-opening envelopes before they are mailed?
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Yes
No
Examining your body for signs of illness?
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Yes
No
Avoiding colors (“red” means blood), numbers (“l3” is unlucky), or names (those that start with “D” signify death) that are associated with dreaded events or unpleasant thoughts?
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Yes
No
Needing to “confess” or repeatedly asking for reassurance that you said or did something correctly?
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Yes
No
If you answered YES to one or more of these questions, please continue with Part B.
Part B instructions:
The following questions refer to the repeated thoughts, images, urges or behaviors identified in Part A. Consider your experience during the past 30 days when selecting an answer. Select the most appropriate number from 0 to 4.
In the past month...
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0
None/
Not at all
1
A Little
2
Moderate(ly)
3
Severe(ly)
4
Extreme(ly)
On average, how much time is occupied by these thoughts or behaviors each day?
How much
distress
to they cause you?
How hard is it for you to
control
them?
How much do they cause you to
avoid
doing anything, going anyplace or being with anyone?
How much do they
interfere
with school, work or your social or family life?
Your Score:
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Should be Empty: