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Further development of the 12-item EDEQS: identifying a cut-off for screening purposes

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posted on 2023-05-20, 15:17 authored by Prnjak, K, Mitchison, D, Griffiths, S, Jon MondJon Mond, Gideon, N, Serpell, L, Hay, P

Background: The Eating Disorder Examination – Questionnaire Short (EDE-QS) was developed as a 12-item version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) with a 4-point response scale that assesses eating disorder (ED) symptoms over the preceding 7 days. It has demonstrated good psychometric properties at initial testing. The purpose of this brief report is to determine a threshold score that could be used in screening for probable ED cases in community settings.

Methods: Data collected from Gideon et al. (2016) were re-analyzed. In their study, 559 participants (80.86% female; 9.66% self-reported ED diagnosis) completed the EDE-Q, EDE-QS, SCOFF, and Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA). Discriminatory power was compared between ED instruments using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses.

Results: A score of 15 emerged as the threshold that ensured the best trade-off between sensitivity (.83) and specificity (.85), and good positive predictive value (.37) for the EDE-QS, with discriminatory power comparable to other ED instruments.

Conclusion: The EDE-QS appears to be an instrument with good discriminatory power that could be used for ED screening purposes.

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Publication title

BMC Psychiatry

Volume

20

Pagination

1-7

ISSN

1471-244X

Department/School

School of Health Sciences

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BioMed Central Ltd.

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United Kingdom

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Neonatal and child health

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