The Detection of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adolescence: A Comparison Between the Children's Eating Disorder Examination and the Children's Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire

Introduction: Eating disorder symptoms already occur in childhood and adolescence and are predictive of full-blown eating disorders and obesity later in life. To enhance the quality of assessment in youngsters, this study examined the convergence between the clinical interview, the Child Eating Disorder Examination (ChEDE), and the self-report questionnaire, the Child Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (ChEDE-Q). Method: Both instruments were administered in 12- to 16-year-old boys and girls retrieved from the general population (N = 57, Mage = 13.4). Results: The results showed that there was a strong correlation between the interview and the questionnaire and that the subscale scores of the two research instruments did not significantly differ. Discussion: The present study is among the first to confirm the utility of the ChEDE-Q to screen for eating disorder symptoms in adolescents from the general population. Large-scale studies should further determine whether these preliminary findings can be generalised.

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Factor structure of a French version of the eating disorder examination-questionnaire among women with and without binge eating disorder symptoms

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity ◽

10.1007/s40519-014-0148-x ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 137-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Isabelle Carrard ◽

Marie My Lien Rebetez ◽

Olivia Mobbs ◽

Martial Van der Linden

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽

French Version ◽

Eating Disorder Examination ◽

Eating Disorder Symptoms

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Validation of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire in Danish Eating Disorder Patients and Athletes

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10173976 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (17) ◽

pp. 3976

Author(s):

Mia Beck Lichtenstein ◽

Lauge Haastrup ◽

Karen Krogh Johansen ◽

Jacob B. Bindzus ◽

Pia Veldt Larsen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Elite Athletes ◽

Weight Concerns ◽

Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽

Eating Disorder Examination ◽

Recreational Athletes ◽

Eating Disorder Symptoms

The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a gold standard questionnaire to identify eating disorder symptoms but has not yet been validated in Danish. The scale consists of four theoretical constructs of disordered eating: Restraint eating, Eating concerns, Shape concerns and Weight concerns. However, the four-factor structure has been difficult to replicate across cultures. This study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the EDE-Q in Danish. The study consisted of four samples (aged 15–70): Patients with anorexia, bulimia and unspecified eating disorders (n = 101), patients with symptoms of binge-eating disorder (n = 300), recreational athletes (n = 404), and elite athletes (n = 526). Depending on the analysis performed, participants had to complete the EDE-Q, the SCOFF questionnaire for eating disorders or the Binge Eating Disorders Questionnaire. In accordance with international research, we found no evidence for a four-factor structure in the EDE-Q among patients or among athletes. But our results showed significant, positive associations between EDE-Q and SCOFF, BED-Q and MDI in all samples. We conclude that the internal structure of EDE-Q is low, while construct validity is high, making EDE-Q useful as an instrument to identify individuals with eating disorder symptoms, including recreational, and elite athletes.

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Eating disorder examination questionnaire and clinical impairment assessment questionnaire: General population and clinical norms for young adult women in Sweden

Behaviour Research and Therapy ◽

10.1016/j.brat.2010.10.010 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 85-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 97

Author(s):

Elisabeth Welch ◽

Andreas Birgegård ◽

Thomas Parling ◽

Ata Ghaderi

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Young Adult ◽

General Population ◽

Adult Women ◽

Young Adult Women ◽

Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽

Eating Disorder Examination ◽

Clinical Impairment ◽

Assessment Questionnaire

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Eating disorder symptoms and quality of life: where should clinicians place their focus in severe and enduring anorexia nervosa?

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.718502443.793516520 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Glenn Waller

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Eating Disorder Symptoms

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Ascertaining an efficient eligibility cut-off for extended Medicare items for eating disorders

Australasian Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/10398562211028632 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103985622110286

Author(s):

Tracey Wade ◽

Jamie-Lee Pennesi ◽

Yuan Zhou

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

False Positive Rate ◽

Area Under The Curve ◽

Rate Sensitivity ◽

True Positive Rate ◽

Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire ◽

Eating Disorder Examination ◽

Positive Rate ◽

The Relationship

Objective: Currently eligibility for expanded Medicare items for eating disorders (excluding anorexia nervosa) require a score ⩾ 3 on the 22-item Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). We compared these EDE-Q “cases” with continuous scores on a validated 7-item version of the EDE-Q (EDE-Q7) to identify an EDE-Q7 cut-off commensurate to 3 on the EDE-Q. Methods: We utilised EDE-Q scores of female university students ( N = 337) at risk of developing an eating disorder. We used a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to assess the relationship between the true-positive rate (sensitivity) and the false-positive rate (1-specificity) of cases ⩾ 3. Results: The area under the curve showed outstanding discrimination of 0.94 (95% CI: .92–.97). We examined two specific cut-off points on the EDE-Q7, which included 100% and 87% of true cases, respectively. Conclusion: Given the EDE-Q cut-off for Medicare is used in conjunction with other criteria, we suggest using the more permissive EDE-Q7 cut-off (⩾2.5) to replace use of the EDE-Q cut-off (⩾3) in eligibility assessments.

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