Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire among cisgender gay men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prior norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among men have not considered sexual orientation. This study's objective was to assess EDE-Q community norms among cisgender gay men.

Method

Participants were 978 self-identified cisgender gay men from The PRIDE Study recruited in 2018.

Results

We present mean scores and standard deviations for the EDE-Q among cisgender gay men ages 18-82. Among cisgender gay men, 4.0% scored in the clinically significant range on the global score, 5.7% on the restraint, 2.1% on the eating concern, 10.5% on the weight concern, and 21.4% on the shape concern subscales of the EDE-Q. The global score as well as weight and shape concerns in a young adult subsample (18-26 years) from The PRIDE Study were higher

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275693 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature