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Eating Disorder Examination‐Questionnaire with and without instruction to assess binge eating in patients with binge eating disorder
Author(s) -
Goldfein Juli A.,
Devlin Michael J.,
Kamenetz Claudia
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20075
Subject(s) - binge eating , binge eating disorder , psychology , population , binge drinking , psychiatry , clinical psychology , eating disorders , medicine , bulimia nervosa , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health
Objective The current study examined whether adding written definitions and examples of binge eating to the Eating Disorder Examination‐Questionnaire enhances its utility to assess binge frequency in patients with binge eating disorder (BED). Method Eighty‐nine women and men with BED completed the EDE‐Q (without instruction; n = 37) or the EDE‐Q‐I (with instruction; n = 52) before receiving the EDE interview. Binge frequency was measured as the number of binge days (days on which one or more objective binge episodes occurred) over the past 28 days. Results Binge frequency correlations between the EDE and EDE‐Q‐I were strongly significant ( r = .543, p = .000), whereas correlations between the EDE and EDE‐Q were not significant ( r = .197, p = .242). Discussion Providing brief detailed instructions improves the performance of the EDE‐Q when evaluating binge eating in patients with BED. This suggests that, with relatively minor modifications, the EDE‐Q may be a viable alternative to the EDE in assessing binge frequency in this population. © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.