Psychometric Properties of Malay Obsessive-compulsive Inventory-child Version (OCI-CV) in Malaysian Perspectives

Eusoff Fitri Sarnin; Shalisah Sharip; Idayu Badilla Idris; Syahnaz Mohd Hashim; Wan Salwina Wan Ismail; Fairuz Nazri Abdul Rahman; Norazlin Kamal; Zaleha Abdullah Mahady; NoorSharina Baharim; Gabriella E Hamlett; Edna B Foa

doi:10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0012

Psychometric Properties of Malay Obsessive-compulsive Inventory-child Version (OCI-CV) in Malaysian Perspectives

Scand J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Psychol. 2022 Nov 30;10(1):114-122. doi: 10.2478/sjcapp-2022-0012. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Kebangsaan Malaysia.
² Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Kebangsaan Malaysia.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Kebangsaan Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Kebangsaan Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Kebangsaan Malaysia.
⁶ Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania US.

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of reliability and validity of OCI-CV in a non-clinical sample of Malaysian children and adolescents.

Method: Participants of school-age and adolescent students from Klang Valley School completed the 21-item Malay OCI-CV using Google Form. OCI-CV English version was translated backward and forward to the Malay language. Face validity was conducted first before distributing the questionnaire to the participants. Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of OCI-CV.

Results: A total of 102 school-age children and adolescents with a mean age of 15.96 years (male: 41.2%, female: 58.8%) participated in the study. The Malay OCI-CV showed high internal consistency, with Cronbach Alpha values of 0.90 for the whole scale. EFA showed multifactorial components. Five factors were labelled as "Washing / Ordering, Doubting, Obsessions, Checking, and Hoarding,". In the CFA, the five-factor model indicates adequate fit indices of (χ2/df = 1.51, RMSEA = .071, GFI = .824, AGFI = .769, NFI = .724, CFI = .880).

Conclusion: The Malay OCI-CV has good psychometric properties and is suitable for use in the Malaysian context. Further validation studies should be conducted among a clinical population to enhance the generalization of this finding.

Keywords: OCI-CV; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; child; validation.

© 2022 Eusoff Fitri Sarnin, Shalisah Sharip, Idayu Badilla Idris, Syahnaz Mohd Hashim, Wan Salwina Wan Ismail, Fairuz Nazri Abdul Rahman, Norazlin Kamal, Zaleha Abdullah Mahady, NoorSharina Baharim, Gabriella E. Hamlett, Edna B. Foa, published by Sciendo.