Scoring: All 19 items are rated, but only items 1-10 are used to determine the total score. The total CY-BOCS score is the sum of items 1-10; the obsession and compulsion subtotals are the sums of items 1-5 and 6-10, respectively.
YBOCS Scoring
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The Y-BOCS is a 10-item ordinal scale (0–4) that rates the severity separately for both obsessions and compulsions of OCD according to the time occupied, degree of interference, complete control, subjective distress, internal resistance to complete control, and degree of control.
The scale is a clinician-rated, 10-item scale, each item rated from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (extreme symptoms) (total range, 0 to 40), with separate subtotals for the severity of obsessions and compulsions.
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