Table 1 Demographics and psychometric ratings of the experimental groups

Number of

 Males

11

9

–

–

 Females

19

16

–

–

 Total

30

25

–

–

Age (years)

 Males

27.55 ± 5.77

27.55 ± 5.65

t(53) = 0.153

0.439

 Females

32.53 ± 8.30

32.25 ± 9.07

Education (years)

4.73 ± 1.64

5.45 ± 1.73

t(53) = 1.389

0.171

Psychometric scores

 DCQ

14,167 ± 0,815

6040 ± 0,654

t(53) = 7,560

 < 0,001

 YBOCS-BDD

29,400 ± 1,039

3,800 ± 0,465

t(53) = 21,05

 < 0,001

 BABS

18.80 ± 2.80

–

–

–

 sBDDE

117 ± 27

–

–

–