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The eating disorder examination-questionnaire 8: A brief measure of eating disorder psychopathology (EDE-Q8)
Bernhard StraußSören KliemElmar BrählerElmar BrählerThomas MößleAnja HilbertMarkus Zengersubject
050103 clinical psychologymedicine.medical_specialtyeducation.field_of_study05 social sciencesPopulationSymptom assessmentEating disorder examination questionnaire030227 psychiatry03 medical and health sciencesPsychiatry and Mental health0302 clinical medicinemedicineEating Attitudes Test0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologyPsychiatryeducationPsychopathologyClinical psychologydescription
Objective The aim of this study was to develop, evaluate, and standardize a short form of the well-established Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). The newly developed EDE-Q8 was required to reflect the originally postulated structure of the EDE-Q. Method Data were drawn from two nationwide representative population surveys in Germany: a survey conducted to develop the EDE-Q8 in 2009 (N = 2,520); and a survey conducted in 2013 (N = 2,508) for the evaluation and calculation of EDE-Q8 percentiles. Results The EDE-Q8 had excellent item characteristics, very good reliability and a very good model fit for the postulated second-order factorial structure. Furthermore, a strong correlation between the EDE-Q8 and a 13 item short form of the Eating Attitudes Test was observed. Discussion The EDE-Q8 appears to be particularly suitable in epidemiological research, when an economical assessment of global eating disorder psychopathology is required. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2016; 49:613–616).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-29 | International Journal of Eating Disorders |