Aliança terapêutica e qualidade de vida no tratamento para o transtorno obsessivo compulsivo com terapia cognitivo comportamental

Abstract

Background: Some predictors of change in the psychotherapeutic process have been hypothesized such as therapeutic alliance. Specifically in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a strong alliance contributes to the use of the technique of exposure and response prevention. Moreover, OCD patients are less likely to remission of symptoms compared with patients with other anxiety disorders, thus, it needs further research into improving other indicators besides the reduction of symptoms such as therapeutic result, like the quality of life. Aim: To evaluate the quality of life as an outcome of treatment, comparing to the therapeutic alliance and reduction of obsessive and compulsive symptoms. Methods: Fifty-four OCD patients participated in the study. Patients were assessed with the SF-12 (12-Item Short-Form Health Survey), HAQII (Helping Alliance Questionnaire) e Y-BOCS (Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Symptom Scale)both before and after treatment. Results: The reduction of obsessive compulsive symptoms there was a moderate correlation (r=0.45) with mental domain of quality of life (p=0.001). There was no relationship between therapeutic alliance and the domains of quality of life (p> 0.05). Conclusions: The OCD is a disorder with its peculiarities and generally quite serious. Because of that, studies on the therapeutic process are needed so that they can develop targeted therapeutic strategies. Both the therapeutic alliance as the quality of life are important in the psychotherapeutic treatment; the first as a factor that can collaborate in improving symptoms and the latter as an aspect that benefits the relationship of these being relevant to their improvement and maintenance in the life of these patients.