Vol 44 # 2 June 2012 - Kma.org.kw

June 2012
KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL 114
Table 1: Body Dismorphic Disorder Scale (Circle the best choice describing the patient)
Q. No. Questions and Choices Value
1
Time spent on thoughts about body disorders
(How much time do you spent on thinking about your body disorders in your daily life?)
A. No time
B. Only a little (less than an hour in a day or thoughts arising rarely, not more than 8 times a day)
C. Moderate (1 - 3 hours in a day or thoughts arising frequently, more than 8 times a day but these thoughts are not
available for most time in a day)
D. Intense ( more than 3 hours in a day, but not more than 8 hours or thoughts arising very often, more than 8 times and
most of the time in a day)
E. Excessive (more than 8 hours or thoughts arising nearly always, too much to count and an hour is hardly spent
without these thoughts)
0
1
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
To be blocked owing to thoughts about body disorders
(How much do body defects hinder your daily life?)
A. Never
B. Only a little (hinders social and professional functions slightly but does not hinder general functions)
C. Moderate (hinders social and professional functions but still can be handled)
D. Intense (hinders social and professional functions on an important scale)
E. Excessive (making you out of work)
Distress related to thoughts about body disorders
(On what scale do body defects lead to anxiety in your daily life?)
A. Never
B. Only a little, rarely but and not disturbing
C. Moderate, often and disturbs but still can be handled
D. Intense, very often and disturbing
E. Excessive, nearly always and disturbing as much as to hinder your activities
Resistance to thoughts about body disorders
(On what scale do you resist to body disorders as if there were nothing?)
A. Always struggling to resist or symptoms are too little to resist
B. Trying to resist most of the time
C. Making some effort to resist
D. Submitting to these thoughts without trying to control but doing this unwillingly
E. Submitting to these thoughts completely and willingly
Control level of thoughts related to body disorders
(On what scale can you control your thoughts when your body imperfections come to your mind?)
A. Total control
B. Control on a great scale (being able to stop these thoughts or directing them to something else)
C. Moderate control (sometimes being able to stop these thoughts and direct them to something else)
D. Little control (rarely being able to stop these thoughts but hardly changing their directions)
E. No control (experiencing without your own will, rarely changing the direction of these thoughts only for a moment)
Time spent on activities related body disorders
(How much time do you spend on hiding your body disorders in your daily life?)
A. Never
B. Only a little (spending less than one hour with these activities or rarely being busy with these activities, not more
than 8 times a day)
C. Moderate (from 1 - 3 hours in a day or more than 8 times a day but not being busy with these activities for most of
the time in a day)
D. Intense (more than 3 hours in a day but not more than 8 hours or being busy with these activities very often, more
than 8 times a day and these activities are not carried out for most of the time in a day)
E. Excessive (more than 8 hours in a day or nearly always being busy with these activities, too much to count and
hardly an hour is spent without these
Being blocked owing to the activities related to body disorders
(On what scale do body disorders affect the activities in your daily life?)
A. Never
B. Only a little, slightly hindering social and professional activities but general functions are not disturbed
C. Moderate (social and professional functions are definitely hindered but still can be handled)
D. Intense, disturbing social and professional functions on an important scale
E. Excessive, making you out of work
Being forced as a result of activities related to body disorders
(On what scale do you feel uncomfortable when your body disorders affect your daily life activities?)
A. Never
B. Only a little, feeling a slight discomfort when your behaviors are hindered during the activity
C. Moderate, increasing discomfort when your behaviors are hindered but still can be handled
D. Intense, increasing discomfort on a great scale during your activities or your behaviors are hindered
E. Excessive, discomfort increasing as a result of interference during the activity related to body disorders
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4