Identifying a male clinical cutoff on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence suggests that eating disorders (EDs) may be under-detected in males. Commonly used measures of EDs such as the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) were initially developed within female samples, raising concern regarding the extent to which these instruments may be appropriate for detecting EDs in males. The current study used receiver operating characteristic curve analysis to (a) examine the accuracy of the EDE-Q global score in correctly classifying males with and without clinically significant ED pathology, and (b) establish the optimal EDE-Q global clinical cutoff for males.

Method

Participants were a clinical sample of 245 male ED patients and a control sample of 205 male undergraduates.

Results

Eating Disorder Examination-Questi

SUBMITTER: Schaefer LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature