Eighteen statements about how much common obsessive-compulsive experiences have distressed or bothered you during the past month.
Method and research sourcesOCI-R measures distress linked to six obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: washing, checking, ordering, intrusive thoughts, hoarding, and mental neutralising.
Each item contributes 0–4 points to the total and one three-item subscale. The total ranges from 0 to 72; each subscale ranges from 0 to 12.
The original development paper, a clinical manual, and a contemporary psychometric evaluation are listed below.
Edna B. Foa, Jonathan D. Huppert, Susanne Leiberg, Robert Langner, Rafael Kichic, Greg Hajcak, Paul M. Salkovskis
University of Washington Psychiatry Consultation Line
Monnica T. Williams, Chad T. Wetterneck, Jonathan S. Thibodeau, Adam B. Duque
Resources are selected by the OCD topic, not by your score.
Understanding the cycle of intrusive thoughts and rituals, why a thought is not an intention, and how CBT with exposure and response prevention treats OCD.
How repeated checks, photographs and mental reviewing can maintain doubt in OCD, and how to change the cycle gradually while preserving real safety.
Complete the 21-item BAI and read a careful, non-diagnostic interpretation of anxiety symptoms experienced during the past month.
Take the 10-item PSS-10 and reflect on how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded life felt during the last month.
No. It is an original screening cut-off, not a diagnosis; optimal values vary by population.
No. Unwanted intrusive thoughts do not equal intention or character.
They were part of the original OCI-R structure; current diagnostic systems classify hoarding separately, so that subscale needs cautious interpretation.
