Screening for abnormal eating attitudes and psychiatric morbidity in an unselected population of 15-year-old schoolgirls

Mann, Anthony; Wakeling, A.; Wood, Kathryn; Monck, Elizabeth; Dobbs, R. J.; Szmukler, George

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“…In the present study, the cut-off was 21 points, for this presents highly satisfactory sensitivity and specificity 13,14 . Once the instrument was applied, the scores obtained for each question in EAT-26 are added up and computed for each person evaluated.…”

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Eating behavior and body image among psychology students

Bosi

Uchimura

Luiz

2009

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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objective: To characterize eating habits and possible risk factors associated with eating disorders among psychology students, a segment at risk for eating disorders. method: This is a cross-sectional study. The questionnaires Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and a variety that considers related issues were applied. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 11.0 was utilized in analysis. The study population was composed of 175 female students, with a mean age of 21.2 (DP ± 3.6 years). results: A positive result was detected on the EAT-26 for 6.9% of the cases (CI95%: 3.6-11.7%). The prevalence of increased symptoms and intense gravity, according to the BITE questionnaire was 5% (CI95%: 2.4-9.5%) and 2.5% (CI95%: 0.7-6.3%), respectively. According to the findings, 26.29% of the students presented abnormal eating behavior. The population with moderate/severe BSQ scores presented dissatisfaction with corporal weight. conclusion: The results indicate that attention must be given to eating behavior risks within this group. A differentiated gaze is justified with respect to these future professionals, whose practice is jeopardized in cases in which they are themselves the bearers of installed symptoms or precursory behavior. rEsumo Objetivo: Caracterizar práticas alimentares e possíveis fatores de risco associados a transtornos do comportamento alimentar entre estudantes de Psicologia, segmento de risco para o surgimento de transtornos alimentares. Método: Estudo seccional utilizando-se os questionários Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) e Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), utilizando-se, ainda, uma variável que considera os dois primeiros instrumentos associados, sendo a análise feita através do Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 11.0. Foram analisadas 175 estudantes do sexo feminino, com uma média de idade de 21,2 (DP ± 3,6 anos).Resultados: Detectou-se resultado positivo em 6,9% (IC95%: 3,[6][7][8][9][10][11]7%) no para sintomas elevados e gravidade intensa, foram encontradas prevalências de 5% (IC95%: 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9]5%) e 2,5% (IC95%: 0,3%)

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Eating behavior and body image among psychology students

Bosi

Uchimura

Luiz

2009

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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“…Typical results are those of Mann et al (14) who found that a threshold of 20 (on the EAT-26) yielded 88% sensitivity and 96% specificity.…”

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“…The validity studies were conducted on samples of populations considered to be at higher risk for eating disorders, in which the possibility to detect disease cases was elevated (9)(10)(11)(12)14,16). This could consequently yield a higher positive predictive value.…”

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“…Since then, the EAT has been widely used both in its complete and its short version (7), although, to date, few studies have been conducted to assess its psychometric properties (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”

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“…For the present study, we conducted a literature review to identify all EAT studies fulfilling the following criteria: a) used in a community sample, b) standardized criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia and/or bulimia were adopted, and c) the study provided data to estimate the validity coefficients. Nine studies fulfilled these criteria (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)) and all of them were conducted on samples of populations at risk for the development of eating disorders. A summary of these studies can be seen in Table 1 (except for the Eisler and Szmukler study (10) where it was possible only to estimate the positive predictive value).…”

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The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

Nunes

Camey

Olinto

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Braz J Med Biol Res

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In a cross-sectional study conducted four years ago to assess the validity of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes for the identification of abnormal eating behaviors in a population of young females in Southern Brazil, 56 women presented abnormal eating behavior as indicated by the EAT-26 and the Edinburgh Bulimic Investigation Test. They were each matched for age and neighborhood to two normal controls (N = 112) and were re-assessed four years later with the two screening questionnaires plus the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The EAT results were then compared to diagnoses originating from the CIDI. To evaluate the temporal stability of the two screening questionnaires, a test-retest design was applied to estimate kappa coefficients for individual items. Given the prevalence of eating disorders of 6.2%, the CIDI psychiatry interview was applied to 161 women. Of these, 0.6% exhibited anorexia nervosa and 5.6%, bulimia nervosa (10 positive cases). The validity coefficients of the EAT were: 40% sensitivity, 84% specificity, and 14% positive predictive value. Cronbach's coefficient was 0.75. For each EAT item, the kappa index was not higher than 0.344 and the correlation coefficient was lower than 0.488. We conclude that the EAT-26 exhibited low validity coefficients for sensitivity and positive predictive value, and showed a poor temporal stability. It is reasonable to assume that these results were not influenced by the low prevalence of eating disorders in the community. Thus, the results cast doubts on the ability of the EAT-26 test to identify cases of abnormal eating behaviors in this population.

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Body Image and Eating Behavior in Adolescent Girls

Moore

1988

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Screening for abnormal eating attitudes and psychiatric morbidity in an unselected population of 15-year-old schoolgirls

Cited by 208 publications

References 16 publications

Eating behavior and body image among psychology students

Eating behavior and body image among psychology students

The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

Body Image and Eating Behavior in Adolescent Girls

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