Development and validation of the accommodation and enabling scale for eating disorders (AESED) for caregivers in eating disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Families of people with eating disorders are often caught up in rule bound eating and safety behaviours that characterise the illness. The main aim of this study was to develop a valid and specific scale to measure family accommodation in the context of having a relative with an eating disorder.

Methods

A new scale, the Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders (AESED), was jointly generated by professionals and expert carers through qualitative analysis. In the first stage, this instrument was given to 201 family members of relatives diagnosed with an eating disorder, with additional self-report measures including the Experience of Caregiving Inventory (ECI), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Family Questionnaire (FQ). In the se

SUBMITTER: Sepulveda AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2759929 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature