Marriage and family are not optional; they are necessary. Marriage provides a person an opportunity for a secure and protected satisfaction of his need companionship, affections and sexual expression. Adjustment is very much an integral part of marriage but to be honest, adjustment is not always easy. The ground reality of adjustment is quite different from whatever is spoken or written about it. Marriage may be stressful for vulnerable people, which may lead to development of mental-health problems. Major mental-health disorders may be the cause or effect of marital discord. As it is evident from the literature OCD is considered to widely prevalent and significantly affect the marital adjustment among spouses of the patients. Aim: The aim of the study was to compare the marital adjustment between spouses of patients diagnosed with OCD. Methodology: The present study was a cross-sectional, hospital based study, using purposive sampling. Sample collected from the outpatient departments of Gwalior Mansik Arogyashala Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh as per the inclusion & exclusion criteria. The study was conducted among randomly chosen 30 patients with OCD and their spouses. Sample had collected after informed about the nature and purpose of the study. Socio-demographic data of the patients and spouses, clinical data of patients, and marital adjustment were recorded. The severity of Obsessive and Compulsive Disorders was recorded using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) (Wayne K. Goodman, 1989) and Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (MAQ) (Dr. Kumar & Dr. Rohatgi, 1999) was used for assessment the marital adjustment of spouse. Results: Result shown that there was a significant negative correlation between the total score of marital adjustment and the severity of illness among patients diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Keywords : Marital Adjustment, Spouses of Patients, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.