RESEARCH ARTICLE
Response to Fluvoxamine in the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients: Bayesian Ordinal Quantile Regression
Samad Safiloo1, Yadollah Mehrabi2, Sareh Asadi3, Soheila Khodakarim2, 4, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 17
First Page: 146
Last Page: 151
Publisher ID: CPEMH-17-146
DOI: 10.2174/1745017902117010151
Article History:
Received Date: 30/1/2021Revision Received Date: 26/7/2021
Acceptance Date: 9/8/2021
Electronic publication date: 15/10/2021
Collection year: 2021
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Abstract
Background:
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic neuropsychiatric disorder associated with unpleasant thoughts or mental images, making the patient repeat physical or mental behaviors to relieve discomfort. 40-60% of patients do not respond to Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, including fluvoxamine therapy.
Introduction:
The aim of the study is to identify the predictors of fluvoxamine therapy in OCD patients by Bayesian Ordinal Quantile Regression Model.
Methods:
This study was performed on 109 patients with OCD. Three methods, including Bayesian ordinal quantile, probit, and logistic regression models, were applied to identify predictors of response to fluvoxamine. The accuracy and weighted kappa were used to evaluate these models.
Results:
Our result showed that rs3780413 (mean=-0.69, sd=0.39) and cleaning dimension (mean=-0.61, sd=0.20) had reverse effects on response to fluvoxamine therapy in Bayesian ordinal probit and logistic regression models. In the 75th quantile regression model, marital status (mean=1.62, sd=0.47) and family history (mean=1.33, sd=0.61) had a direct effect, and cleaning (mean=-1.10, sd=0.37) and somatic (mean=-0.58, sd=0.27) dimensions had reverse effects on response to fluvoxamine therapy.
Conclusion:
Response to fluvoxamine is a multifactorial problem and can be different in the levels of socio-demographic, genetic, and clinical predictors. Marital status, familial history, cleaning, and somatic dimensions are associated with response to fluvoxamine therapy.
