Frequency of obsessive compulsive symptoms in depression: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: To determine the frequency of obsessive compulsive symptoms in patients suffering from depression.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching, Sialkot, Pakistan, from February 2014 to March 2017, and comprised patients suffering from depression. Every patient was examined by a consultant psychiatrist or a senior medical officer in psychiatry, and a psychologist to establish clinical diagnosis of depression according to the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.