Gamoran & Doron 2023 OCD.app Real-World Study Summary

Plain-English summary of the 2023 OCD.app real-world study, including 46,955 users, OCI-R outcomes, and clinically significant improvement.

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Paper summary

OCD.app Real-World Study

This real-world observational study analyzed OCD.app usage from October 2020 to June 2022, including 46,955 baseline users, 13,568 users at the payment barrier, and 1,732 users at the final level.

Main finding

What this paper contributes.

The study reported medium effect-size reductions in OCD symptoms, with stronger effects among users who started with severe OCD symptoms. It also reported that 16% of users with severe symptoms achieved clinically significant improvement on the OCI-R threshold used in the study.

Reference details

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Authors: Gamoran, Doron

Year: 2023

doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100782

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Supports the OCD evidence page.

Real-world observational usage data rather than a small lab-only sample.

OCI-R used as the OCD symptom measure.

Best used as the headline evidence page for ocd.app symptom reduction.

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