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Impact of using DSM‐5 criteria for diagnosing binge eating disorder in bariatric surgery candidates: Change in prevalence rate, demographic characteristics, and scores on the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory – 2 restructured form (MMPI‐2‐RF)
Author(s) -
Marek Ryan J.,
BenPorath Yossef S.,
Ashton Kathleen,
Heinberg Leslie J.
Publication year - 2014
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.22268
Subject(s) - binge eating disorder , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , binge eating , population , emotional eating , psychology , medicine , personality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , eating disorders , eating behavior , obesity , social psychology , environmental health , bulimia nervosa
Objective Binge eating disorder (BED) was recently included in the DSM‐5. The prevalence rate for BED using the DSM‐IV‐TR research criteria tends to be higher in bariatric surgery candidates than the normative population; however, no studies have examined how many more bariatric surgery candidates will meet the new, less conservative criteria of DSM‐5. We explore the current BED prevalence rate change in a sample of bariatric surgery candidates. Method Data were obtained for 1,283 bariatric surgery candidates. 84 men and 213 women were diagnosed with current BED using DSM‐IV‐TR research criteria. A semi‐structured interview, the binge eating scale (BES), and a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 Restructured Form (MMPI‐2‐RF) were given to every patient as part of standard procedures mandated by the facility. Results and Discussion An additional 3.43% ( p < .001) of bariatric surgery candidates met the diagnostic threshold for BED when using DSM‐5 criteria. These individuals were demographical similar and produced similar MMPI‐2‐RF and BES scores when compared with patients who met DSM‐IV‐TR criteria for BED. Thus, the current investigation indicates that individuals meeting BED criteria based on DSM‐5 are similar to those meeting the more conservative diagnostic threshold outlined in DSM‐IV‐TR in a sample of bariatric surgery candidates. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2014; 47:553–557)