Florida OCD Inventory Test

The Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory OCD Screening Test (FOCI)

Below is the OCF's electronic version of Dr. Wayne Goodman's FOCI OCD Screening Test, provided to help you self-determine if you have any clinical obsessive/compulsive tendencies.

The questions below were originally designed to help health professionals evaluate anxiety symptoms. Keep in mind that a high score on this questionnaire does not necessarily mean you have an anxiety disorder because only an evaluation by a health professional can make this determination. Answer these questions as accurately and as honestly as you can.

PLEASE NOTE: This OCD Screening Test is completely confidential. No information about you is being collected by the OCF and/or any other agency; it is a tool for your exclusive use only.

Part A. Please select a "NO" or "YES" answer for each of the following questions asked, based on your experiences in the past Month.
Have you been bothered by unpleasant thoughts or images that repeatedly enter your mind, such as:
1. Do you have concerns with contamination (dirt, germs, chemicals, radiation) or getting a serious illness such as AIDS?
2. Are you overconcerned with keeping objects (clothing, groceries, tools) in perfect order or arranged exactly?
3. Do you have mental images of death or other horrible events?
4. Do you have personally unacceptable religious or sexual thoughts?
Have you worried a lot about terrible things happening, such as:
5. Do you worry about fire, burglary, or flooding the house?
6. Do you worry about accidentally hitting a pedestrian with your car or letting it roll down the hill?
7. Do you worry about spreading an illness (i.e. giving someone AIDS)?
8. Do you worry about losing something valuable?
9. Do you worry about harm coming to a loved one because you weren't careful enough?
Have you worried about acting on an unwanted and senseless urge or impulse, such as:
10 .Are you concerned about physically harming a loved one, pushing a stranger in front of a bus, steering your car into oncoming traffic; inappropriate sexual contact; or poisoning dinner guests?
Have you felt driven to perform certain acts over and over again, such as:
11. Do you perform excessive or ritualized washing, cleaning, or grooming rituals?
12. Do you check light switches, water faucets, the stove, door locks, or your car's emergency brake?
13. Do you perform counting; arranging; "evening-up" behaviors (making sure socks are at same height)?
14. Do you collect useless objects or inspect the garbage before it is thrown out?
15. Do you repeat routine actions (going in/out of a chair, going through a doorway, re-lighting a cigarette) a certain number of times, or until it feels "just right?"
16. Do you need to touch objects or people?
17. Do you unnecessarily re-read or re-write; re-open envelopes before they are mailed?
18. Do you examine your body for signs of illness?
19. Do you avoid certain colors ("red" means blood), numbers ("l3" is unlucky), or names (those that start with "D" signify death) that are associated with dreaded events or unpleasant thoughts?
20. Do you feel a need to "confess" or repeatedly ask for reassurance that you said or did something correctly?
Part B. The following questions refer to the repeated thoughts, images, urges, or behaviors identified in Part A. Consider your experience during the past 30 days when selecting an answer. Select the most appropriate response that applies to you.
On average, how much time is occupied by these thoughts or behaviors each day?
How much distress do they cause you?
How hard is it for you to control them?
How much do they cause you to avoid doing anything, going any place, or being with anyone?
How much do they interfere with school, work or your social or family life?

Wayne K. Goodman, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
UF Brain Institute
P.O. Box 100256
Gainesville, FL 32610-0256

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