Summary Data: OCD Patient Quality of Life Before and After Deep Brain Stimulation

A study of 10 subjects with treatment-refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who received Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery. The dataset includes pre- and post-surgery assessments for 8 participants and coded narrative themes from all 10, authored by Emily Hemendinger and last updated on 2026-05-29. It analyzes correlations between quality of life scores and OCD symptom severity.

Use Cases

• Correlating changes in quality of life scores with changes in OCD symptom severity based on the Q-LES-Q-SF and Y-BOCS assessments mentioned.
• Analyzing qualitative themes from patient narratives regarding improvements in mood and general functioning post-DBS.
• Investigating persistent challenges in social and relationship domains for OCD patients after DBS treatment as described in the results.
• Evaluating the individual-level impact of DBS therapy using within-participant analysis methods described in the study.

Strengths

• Includes both quantitative assessments (Q-LES-Q-SF, Y-BOCS) and qualitative narrative data from 10 subjects.
• Analysis was conducted at the individual participant level, as described in the methods section.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 16.2 KB, with a limited sample size of 10 participants.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Pre- and post-surgery assessments are only available for 8 of the 10 total participants.

Provenance

Source

Emily Hemendinger via figshare

Collection Method

Clinical study involving pre- and post-surgery assessments and thematic coding of patient narratives.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 17:30:57; freshness should be verified.